Kingdom Animalia Infraclass Marsupialia Genus †Nimbacinus Phylum Chordata Order Dasyuromorphia | Class Mammalia Family †Thylacinidae Scientific name Nimbacinus dicksoni Rank Species | |
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Similar Thylacinus potens, Thylacinidae, Dasyuromorphia, Thylacinus megiriani, Thylacinus | ||
Nimbacinus dicksoni was an ancient relative of the modern but extinct thylacine. It lived approximately 23-16 million years ago in the Miocene period. Nimbacinus dicksoni was about 1.6 ft (50 cm) long. Being a predator, it likely ate birds, small mammals, and reptiles. Like the modern thylacine, it may have been an awkward runner and used stamina to catch prey rather than speed. Fossils have been found in Australia at Riversleigh in north-western Queensland and Bullock Creek in the Northern Territory.
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