Biology:Pristinailurus
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Pristinailurus bristoli is a fossil species in the carnivoran family Ailuridae. It is well-represented in the Hemphillian-aged deposits at the Gray Fossil Site in Gray, Tennessee.[1] It was significantly larger than the living Ailurus, but probably possessed a comparatively weaker bite. P. bristoli was sexually dimorphic, as males appeared to have been up to twice the size of females.[2]
Anatomy
P. bristoli was likely adapted to terrestrial and some arboreal locomotion, with a generalist diet.[3]
References
- ↑ Wallace, Steven C.; Wang, Xiaoming (September 2004). "Two new carnivores from an unusual late Tertiary forest biota in eastern North America". Nature 431 (7008): 556–559. doi:10.1038/nature02819. PMID 15457257. Bibcode: 2004Natur.431..556W. http://doc.rero.ch/record/13466/files/PAL_E141.pdf.
- ↑ "Life in the Cenozoic Era: Bristol's Panda (Pristinailurus bristoli)". 23 January 2015. http://cenozoiclife.blogspot.com/2015/01/bristols-panda-pristinailurus-bristoli.html.
- ↑ "ANATOMICAL COMPARISON OF THE POSTCRANIAL SKELETON OF THE EXTANT RED PANDA, AILURUS FULGENS, TO THE EXTINCT LATE MIOCENE AILURIDS SIMOCYON BATALLERI AND PRISTINAILURUS BRISTOLI (CARNIVORA, AILURIDAE)". Dec 31, 2025. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lauren-Lyon-3/publication/308778674_ANATOMICAL_COMPARISON_OF_THE_POSTCRANIAL_SKELETON_OF_THE_EXTANT_RED_PANDA_AILURUS_FULGENS_TO_THE_EXTINCT_LATE_MIOCENE_AILURIDS_SIMOCYON_BATALLERI_AND_PRISTINAILURUS_BRISTOLI_CARNIVORA_AILURIDAE/links/5820da6708aeccc08af663e3/ANATOMICAL-COMPARISON-OF-THE-POSTCRANIAL-SKELETON-OF-THE-EXTANT-RED-PANDA-AILURUS-FULGENS-TO-THE-EXTINCT-LATE-MIOCENE-AILURIDS-SIMOCYON-BATALLERI-AND-PRISTINAILURUS-BRISTOLI-CARNIVORA-AILURIDAE.pdf.
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