Tyarrpecinus rothi Murray and Megirian 2000 (thylacine)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae

Full reference: P. Murray and D. Megirian. 2000. Two new genera and three new species of Thylacinidae (Marsupialia) from the Miocene of the Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Arl Galleries of the Northern Terrilory 16:145-162

Belongs to Tyarrpecinus according to P. Murray and D. Megirian 2000

See also Rovinsky et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NTM P98211, a maxilla (left maxillary fragment with P2-M4). Its type locality is Alcoota Scientific Reserve, which is in a Miocene crevasse splay siltstone in the Waite Formation of Australia.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Alcoota Scientific Reserve

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