After Muirhead & Wroe 1998, and Murray & Megirian, 2000
<==o †Thylacinidae Bonaparte, C. L., 1838 (pussihukat; marsupial wolves) |?- †Maximucinus muirheadae Wroe, 2001; M.Mioc. Aust. |-- †Muribacinus gadiyuli Wroe, 1996, M.Mioc. Aust. `--+-- †Mutpuracinus archibaldi Murray & Megirian, 2000; M.Mioc. Aust. `--+-- †Badjcinus turnbulli Muirhead & Wroe, 1998, U.Olig. Aust. `--+--o †Nimbacinus Muirhead & Archer, 1990, U.Olig.-L.Mioc. Aust. | |-- †N. dicksoni Muirhead & Archer, 1990, U.Olig.-L.Mioc. Aust. | `-- †N. richi Murray & Megirian, 2000; M.Mioc. Aust. `--+-- †Ngamalacinus timmulvaneyi Muirhead, 1997, L.Mioc. Aust. `--+--+?- †“Thylacinus” macnessi Muirhead, 1992, U.Olig.-U.Mioc. Aust | `-- †Wabulacinus ridei Muirhead, 1997, U.Olig.-L.Mioc. Aust. `--+-- †Tyarrpecinus rothi Murray & Megirian, 2000 [Tjarrpecinus (lapsus calami)] U.Mioc. Aust. `--o †Thylacinus Temminck, 1827 [taxonomic history] U.Mioc.-R. Aust. (pussihukat) |-- †T. potens Woodburne, 1967, U.Mioc. Aust. `--+-- †T. megiriani (Müller, 1997) U.Mioc. Aust. |?- †T. rostralis DeVis, 1894 `-- †T. cynocephalus (Harris, 1808) (pussihukka) [taxonomic history] [prob. extinct since 1936]
Reference(s):
- McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Muirhead, J. & Wroe, S., 1998: A new genus and species, Badjcinus turnbulli (Thylacinidae: Marsupialia), from the Late Olicogene of Riversleight, northern Australia, and an investigation of thylacinid phylogeny.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 18, #3, pp. 612-626 - Murray, P. & Megirian, D., 2000: Two new genera and three new species of Thylacinidae (Marsupialia) from the Miocene of the Northern Territory, Australia. –The Beagle, Records of the Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory: Vol. 16, pp. 145-162 [http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/museums/magnt/publications/pdf/beaglev16_p145.pdf]
- Wroe, S., 1999: The geologically oldest dasyurid, from the Miocene of Riversleigh, north-west Queensland.
–Palaeontology: Vol. 42, #3, pp. 501-527 - Wroe, S., 2001: Maximucinus muirheadae, gen. et sp. nov. (Thylacinidae : Marsupialia), from the Miocene of Riversleigh, north-western Queensland, with estimates of body weights for fossil thylacinids.
–Australian Journal of Zoology: Vol. 49, pp. 603-614 [http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/staff/swroe/Maximucinus.pdf] - Wroe, S., 2002: A review of terrestrial mammalian and reptilian carnivore ecology in Australian fossil faunas, and factors influencing their diversity: the myth of reptilian domination and its broader ramifications.
–Australian Journal of Zoology: Vol. 50, #1, pp. 1-24 - Wroe, S. & Musser, A., 2001: The skull of Nimbacinus dicksoni (Thylacinidae : Marsupialia).
–Australian Journal of Zoology: Vol. 49, pp. 487-514 [http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/staff/swroe/Nimbacinus.pdf]
Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and missing species.