The genus ''Nimbacinus'' contains two species of carnivorous, quadrupedal marsupials in Australia both of which are extinct: * ''

Nimbacinus dicksoni ''Nimbacinus dicksoni'' is an extinct thylacinid marsupial, a close relative of the recent but extinct thylacinid known as the Tasmanian tiger. It lived approximately 23-16 million years ago in the Miocene period. ''Nimbacinus dicksoni'' was abou ...

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Archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ...

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Nimbacinus richi ''Nimbacinus richi'' lived during the middle Miocene and has been found in deposits in Bullock Creek in the Northern Territory of Australia. ''Nimbacinus richi'' is distinguished from Nimbacinus dicksoni by a well-preserved holotype of a right ...

Murray Murray may refer to: Businesses * Murray (bicycle company), an American manufacturer of low-cost bicycles * Murrays, an Australian bus company * Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trust * D. & W. Murray Limited, an Australian who ...

& Megirian, 2000 The name of the genus combines ''Nimba'' and ''cinus'', derived from a word meaning "little" in the

Wanyi The Waanyi people, also spelt Wanyi, Wanji, or Waanji, are an Aboriginal Australian people from south of the Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland and the Northern Territory. Language The Waanyi language, although earlier thought to be extinct, w ...

language, indigenous peoples associated with the Riversleigh fossil site, and the Ancient Greek word ''kynos'', meaning dog,

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Prehistoric thylacines Prehistoric marsupial genera Extinct mammals of Australia {{paleo-marsupial-stub