Muribacinus gadiyuli
Sign in to saveMuribacinus is an extinct genus of thylacinid that lived during the middle Miocene in what is now northwestern Queensland, Australia. It was described in 1995 from remains collected at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area. Only one species is known, M. gadiyuli.
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Muribacinus is an extinct genus of thylacinid that lived during the middle Miocene in what is now northwestern Queensland, Australia. It was described in 1995 from remains collected at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area. Only one species is known, M. gadiyuli.
==History and naming== thumb|left|Fossils of Muribacinus have been recovered from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area (WHA). Muribacinus was named in 1995 by Stephen Wroe based on fossils recovered from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland. The holotype, QMF 30836, is a partial right maxilla and jugal collected from the Gag site. A right dentary from Henk's Hollow site was assigned to the genus based on the proportions of the molar's shearing crests.
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