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Thylacoleo carnifex

Skeletal element: atlas and axis vertebrae (cervical vertebrae 1 and 2)

Specimen number: WAM.02.7.2
Significance of specimen: Most complete specimen ever found
Geological age: Pleistocene
State/territory: Western Australia
Locality/site: Flightstar Cave, Thylacoleo Caves, Nullarbor Plain

Atlas vertebra of Thylacoleo carnifex, specimen WAM 02.7.2. Photo by J. D. van Zoelen 2021.

Skeletal element: Atlas (cervical vertebra 1)

Skeletal element: Axis (cervical vertebra 2)