Badjcinus timfaulkneri
202102202102Badjcinus timfaulkneri, weighed between 7 and 11 kilograms – about the same size as a large Tasmanian devil. Named after director and co-owner of the Australian Reptile Park and managing director of Aussie Ark Tim Faulkner, this Thylacine adds a new piece to the puzzle of the Tasmanian tiger’s ancestry.
Up until now, the much smaller Badjcinus turnbulli, which weighed around 2.7 kg, was the only other late Oligocene thylacinid known. This makes Badjcinus timfaulkneri the oldest undoubted thylacine discovered so far.
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/09/three-new-ancestors-tasmanian-tigers
Badjcinus timfaulkneri, weighed between 7 and 11 kilograms – about the same size as a large Tasmanian devil. Named after director and co-owner of the Australian Reptile Park and managing director of Aussie Ark Tim Faulkner, this Thylacine adds a new piece to the puzzle of the Tasmanian tiger’s ancestry.
Up until now, the much smaller Badjcinus turnbulli, which weighed around 2.7 kg, was the only other late Oligocene thylacinid known. This makes Badjcinus timfaulkneri the oldest undoubted thylacine discovered so far.
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/09/three-new-ancestors-tasmanian-tigers
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