Panthera fossilis
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Panthera fossilis (also known as Panthera leo fossilis or Panthera spelaea fossilis), is an extinct species of cat belonging to the genus Panthera, known from remains found in Eurasia spanning the Middle Pleistocene and possibly into the Early Pleistocene. P. fossilis has sometimes been referred to by the common names steppe lion or cave lion,[1] though these names are conventionally restricted to the later related species P. spelaea,[2] to which P. fossilis is probably ancestral.[3]
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Panthera fossilis | |
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Skull from Azé, France | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
Genus: | Panthera |
Species: | †P. fossilis |
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†Panthera fossilis (Reichenau, 1906) | |
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