- Thylacinus potens
Taxobox
name = "Thylacinus potens"
fossil_range =Miocene (10-8 MYA)
image_width = 230px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
infraclassis =Marsupialia
ordo =Dasyuromorphia
familia = †Thylacinidae
genus = †"Thylacinus "
species = †"T. potens "
binomial = "Thylacinus potens"
binomial_authority = (Woodburne, 1967)"Thylacinus potens" ("powerful thylacine") was one of the largest species from the family
Thylacinidae , growing up to the size of awolf . In some ways it was more robust and had a shorter, broaderskull than the modernThylacine . The head and body together were around 5 ft long. Thefossils were found nearAlice Springs ,Northern Territory ,Australia .
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