Nimbacinus
Sign in to savethumb|Life restoration Nimbacinus is an extinct genus of thylacinid contains two species of carnivorous, quadrupedal marsupials in Australia both of which are extinct: Nimbacinus dicksoni Muirhead & Archer, 1990 Nimbacinus peterbridgei Churchill, Archer & Hand, 2024
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- Parent taxon
- Thylacinidae
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- genus
- taxon name
- Nimbacinus
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- Nimbacinus
- temporal range start
- Chattian
- temporal range end
- Middle Miocene
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thumb|Life restoration Nimbacinus is an extinct genus of thylacinid contains two species of carnivorous, quadrupedal marsupials in Australia both of which are extinct: Nimbacinus dicksoni Muirhead & Archer, 1990 Nimbacinus peterbridgei Churchill, Archer & Hand, 2024
Like all thylacinids, Nimbacinus dicksoni was a dog-like marsupial, though its smaller size makes its appearance more comparable to that of a fox. Unlike its relatives, its jaws were likely strong enough for it to take down prey larger than itself.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nimbacinus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.