Ancient bone-crunching thylacine femur uncovered near Alice Springs. An 8-million-year-old intact femur from the bone-crunching Northern Territory tiger has been found for the first time at the Alcoota fossil beds north-east of Alice Springs. Thylacines are also called "Tasmanian Tigers", but this Thylacine fossil was found 2216 kilometres (1377 miles) away from Tasmania.