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Sierra Bouchér

Fossils of bone-crushing and meat-slashing Tasmanian tiger ancestors discovered in Australia

An illustration of a thylacine eating another marsupial species.

Scientists have identified a "bone-crushing" ancestor of the Tasmanian tiger.

The bone crusher — along with two other newfound Tasmanian tiger ancestors — roamed Australia from 25 million to 23 million years ago, making them the oldest known members of the Thylacinidae family ever discovered.

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