Thylacinus yorkellus Yates 2015 (Tasmanian wolf)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae

Full reference: A. M. Yates. 2015. Thylacinus (Marsupialia: Thylacinidae) from the Mio-Pliocene boundary and the diversity of Late Neogene thylacinids in Australia. PeerJ 3:e931

Belongs to Thylacinus according to A. M. Yates 2015

See also Rovinsky et al. 2019

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

Type specimen: SAM P29807, a mandible (incomplete left dentary with C, P1-3 and M2-3)

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Thylacinus yorkellus in the database

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