Extinct Australian predator was fierce but no Tasmanian devil
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 16:40
in Paleontology & Archaeology
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fox-sized marsupial predator that roamed Australia from about 23 to 12 million years ago had plenty of bite to go along with its bark. But while it was certainly fierce, it was no Tasmanian devil, Australia's famously ferocious bantamweight brute.