Biology:Panthera schreuderi

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Panthera schreuderi
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Mandible
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species:
P. schreuderi
Binomial name
Panthera schreuderi
Von Koenigswald, 1960

Panthera schreuderi is a possible prehistoric species of large cat that is now extinct. It lived in Europe during the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene. Turner and O'Brien, among others, have argued that the few known specimens all belong, instead, to the species Panthera gombaszoegensis.[1]

See also

References

  1. O'Regan, H; Turner, A (2004). "Biostratigraphic & palaeoecological implications of new fossil felid material from the Plio-Pleistocene site of Tegelen, the Netherlands". Palaeontology 47 (#5): 1181–1193. doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00400.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3362472 entry