Thylacinus

Thylacinus Temporal range: Lower Miocene–Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	†Thylacinidae
Genus:	†Thylacinus Temminck, 1824
Species
All extinct, see text

Thylacinus is a genus of extinct carnivorous marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. The only recent member was the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), commonly also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, which became extinct in 1936 due to excessive hunting by humans. Other prehistoric species are known from this genus. An unidentified species is known from Pleistocene New Guinea.^{[citation needed]}

Species[]

• Genus Thylacinus
  • Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the thylacine (Early Pliocene to circa 1936)
  • Thylacinus macknessi (Lower Miocene)
  • Thylacinus megiriani (Upper Miocene/Lower Pliocene)
  • Thylacinus potens (Upper Miocene)
  • Thylacinus yorkellus (Upper Miocene/Lower Pliocene)

Below is a phylogeny by Yates (2015) on the relationships of Thylacinus.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Prehistoric range of the Thylacinidae
• Australian Thylacine
• Various Links

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