†Thylacinus macknessi Muirhead 1992 (Tasmanian wolf)
Osteichthyes - Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 247571
Full reference: J. Muirhead. 1992. A specialised thylacinid, Thylacinus macknessi, (Marsupialia: Thylacinidae) from Miocene deposits of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 15:67-76
Belongs to Thylacinus according to J. Muirhead 1992
Sister taxa: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Thylacinus major, Thylacinus megiriami, Thylacinus potens, Thylacinus rostralis, Thylacinus spelaeus
Type specimen: QM FI6848a, a mandible (right dentary). Its type locality is Neville's Garden Site, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore