The bone-crushing fossilised jaws were one of three Tasmanian tiger ancestors uncovered by palaeontologists, amid a contentious effort to resurrect the marsupial carnivore.
The research unveils the thylacine’s oldest direct relative, a quoll-sized hunterThe palaeontologists involved are advocates for attempts to resurrect the tigerAdvertisement
Artist’s reconstruction of Badjcinus timfaulkneri, a newly discovered relative of the Tasmanian tiger, scavenging on the carcass of a prehistoric wombat.The new 23–25 million-year-old jawbones came from the Riversleigh fossil site on Waanyi country in north-western Queensland, where rocks bristle with thousands of bones preserved within an ancient limestone cave system.
“The thylacine was the last member of an incredibly rich family, and it was way out on the end of its evolutionary limb,” Archer said. “There were all different kinds, from tiny little chihuahua-sized guys all the way up to wolf-sized animals.
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