Barinya

{{Short description|Extinct genus of marsupials}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Early Miocene|Middle Miocene}}

| parent_authority = Wroe, 1999

| taxon = Barinya

| authority = Wroe, 1999

| type_species = Barinya wangala

| type_species_authority = (Wroe, 1999)

| subdivision_ranks = Other species

| subdivision =

• {{extinct}}Barinya kutjamarpensis
  (Binfield et al., 2017){{cite journal |author=Pippa Binfield |author2=Michael Archer |author3=Suzanne J. Hand |author4=Karen H. Black |author5=Troy J. Myers|author6=Anna K. Gillespie |author7=Derrick A. Arena |name-list-style=amp |year=2017 |title=A new Miocene carnivorous marsupial, Barinya kutjamarpensis (Dasyuromorphia), from central Australia |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=46–53 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2016.1180029 |s2cid=133283494 }}

}}

Barinya is a fossil genus from the marsupial family Dasyuridae, which contains the oldest known undoubted dasyurid. It is the only genus in the subfamily Barinyainae.

The principal differences between Barinya and more recent dasyurids are in the dentition and skull morphology, with Barinya displaying more primitive features. One described fossil exists and at least one remains to be described. This genus has only been found at Riversleigh in Queensland, where it is quite common in deposits from the Oligo-Miocene.