Thylacinus cynocephalus
Thylacine
This trackway represents one of the best-preserved traces known from the recently extinct Thylacine (previously know as the Tasmanian ‘tiger’ or ‘wolf’). Despite the efforts of many avid cryptozoologists, no confirmed fresh footprints of the Thylacine have been found in the better part of a century.
Specimen number: WAM 13.2.16
Significance of specimen: one of the best preserved Thylacine traces
Geological age: Late Pleistocene, Tamala Limestone
State/territory: Western Australia
Locality/site: Margaret River coast
