| Thylacinids Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Holocene |
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| Thylacine | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: |
†Thylacinidae C.L. Bonaparte, 1838 |
| Genera | |
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All extinct, see text |
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All extinct, see text
Thylacinidae is an extinct family of carnivorous, superficially dog-like marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. The only species to survive into modern times was the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), which became extinct in 1936.
Family †Thylacinidae