Thylacinus yorkellus
| Thylacinus yorkellus Temporal range: Late Miocene or Early Pliocene
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| Holotype left dentary | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | †Thylacinidae |
| Genus: | †Thylacinus |
| Species: | †T. yorkellus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Thylacinus yorkellus Yates, 2015
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Thylacinus yorkellus is an extinct species of carnivorous marsupial from South Australia that lived during the Late Miocene or Early Pliocene. It is sister species to the recently extinct Thylacinus cynocephalus, the Tasmanian tiger, both of which existed on mainland Australia.