Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Order Dasyuromorphia Scientific name Thylacinus potens | Phylum Chordata Infraclass Marsupialia Family †Thylacinidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Nimbacinus dicksoni, Thylacinidae, Thylacinus megiriani, Thylacinus, Priscileo | ||
Thylacinus potens ("powerful pouched dog") was the largest species of the family Thylacinidae, originally known from a single poorly preserved fossil discovered by Michael O. Woodburne in 1967 in a Late Miocene locality near Alice Springs, Northern Territory. It preceded the modern thylacine by 4–6 million years, and was 5% bigger, was more robust and had a shorter, broader skull. Its size is estimated to be similar to that of a grey wolf; the head and body together were around 5 feet long, and its teeth were less adapted for shearing compared to those of the modern thylacine.
More specimens were described in 2014.
References
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