Thylacinus rostralis De Vis 1894 (Tasmanian wolf)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae

Full reference: C. W. De Vis. 1894. A thylacine of the earlier nototherian period in Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8:443-447

Belongs to Thylacinus according to C. W. De Vis 1894

Sister taxa: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Thylacinus macknessi, Thylacinus major, Thylacinus megiriani, Thylacinus potens, Thylacinus spelaeus, Thylacinus yorkellus

Type specimen: Cat. No. 12,027, a maxilla (right maxilla). Its type locality is Spoil heap from Wellington Caves, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Spoil heap from Wellington Caves

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