Dasyuromorphia

Thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus, from here.

Belongs within: Marsupialia.
Contains: Dasyuridae.

The Dasyuromorphia is a group of Australian carnivorous marsupials including the marsupial mice and cats (Dasyuridae), numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus and thylacines (Thylacinidae).

Characters (from Long et al. 2002): Small number of incisors (I⁴/₃); intestinal caecum absent.

<==Dasyuromorphia [Dasyura, Dasyurini, Dasyuroidea]
    |  i. s.: Ankotarinja Archer 1976 LA02
    |           `--*A. tirarensis Archer 1976 LA02
    |         Apoktesis Campbell 1976 LA02
    |           `--*A. cuspis Campbell 1976 LA02
    |         Dasylurinja Archer 1982 LA02
    |           `--*D. kokuminola Archer 1982 LA02
    |         Keeuna Archer 1976 LA02
    |           `--*K. woodburnei Archer 1976 LA02
    |         Mayigriphus Wroe 1997 LA02
    |           `--*M. orbus Wroe 1997 LA02
    |         Wakamartha Archer & Rich 1979 LA02
    |           `--*W. tasselli Archer & Rich 1979 LA02
    |--Djarthia Godthelp, Wroe & Archer 1999 LA02
    |    `--*D. murgonensis Godthelp, Wroe & Archer 1999 LA02
    `--+--+--Dasyuridae CB-E04
       |  `--Myrmecobius [Myrmecobiidae, Myrmecobiinae] CB-E04
       |       `--M. fasciatus CB-E04
       |            |--M. f. fasciatus BP87
       |            `--M. f. rufus BP87
       `--Thylacinidae [Thylacininae] CB-E04
            |--Badjacinus Muirhead & Wroe 1998 LA02
            |    `--*B. turnbulli Muirhead & Wroe 1998 LA02
            |--Maximucinus Wroe 2001 LA02
            |    `--*M. muirheadae Wroe 2001 LA02
            |--Muribacinus Wroe 1996 LA02
            |    `--*M. gadiyuli Wroe 1996 LA02
            |--Mutpuracinus Murray & Megirian 2000 LA02
            |    `--*M. archibaldi Murray & Megirian 2000 LA02
            |--Nimbacinus Muirhead & Archer 1990 LA02
            |    |--*N. dicksoni Muirhead & Archer 1990 LA02
            |    `--N. richi Murray & Megirian 2000 LA02
            `--+--Ngamalacinus Muirhead 1997 LA02
               |    `--*N. timmulvaneyi Muirhead 1997 LA02
               `--+--Wabulacinus Muirhead 1997 LA02
                  |    `--*W. ridei Muirhead 1997 LA02
                  |--Tyarrpecinus Murray & Megirian 2000 LA02
                  |    `--*T. rothi Murray & Megirian 2000 LA02
                  `--Thylacinus Temminck 1824 LA02
                       |--*T. cynocephalus (Harris 1808) LA02
                       |--T. macknessi Muirhead 1992 LA02
                       |--T. megiriani Murray 1997 LA02
                       |--T. potens Woodburne 1967 LA02
                       `--T. spelaeus F71

Inorganic: Myrmecobius fasciatus protominilorientalus Okamura 1987 O87

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BP87] Burton, J. A., & B. Pearson. 1987. Collins Guide to the Rare Mammals of the World. Collins: London.

[CB-E04] Cardillo, M., O. R. P. Bininda-Emonds, E. Boakes & A. Purvis. 2004. A species-level phylogenetic supertree of marsupials. Journal of Zoology 264: 11-31.

[F71] Fletcher, H. O. 1971. Catalogue of type specimens of fossils in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Australian Museum Memoir 13: 1-167.

[LA02] Long, J., M. Archer, T. Flannery & S. Hand. 2002. Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. University of New South Wales Press: Sydney.

[O87] Okamura, C. 1987. New facts: Homo and all Vertebrata were born simultaneously in the former Paleozoic in Japan. Original Report of the Okamura Fossil Laboratory 15: 347-573.