Thylacinus
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Thylacinus is a genus of extinct carnivorous marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. The only recent member was the Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), which became extinct in 1936 due to hunting. The other animals in the group all lived in prehistoric times in Australia.
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- Genus Thylacinus
- Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the Thylacine (Pliocene 1936)
- Thylacinus macnessi (Upper Oligocene — Lower Miocene)
- Thylacinus megiriani (Upper Miocene)
- Thylacinus potens (Lower Miocene)
- Thylacinus rostralis
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