Biology:Leontoceryx
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Short description: Extinct genus of felid
| Leontoceryx | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
| Genus: | †Leontoceryx Kretzoi, 1938 |
| Type species | |
| Leontoceryx bessarabiae Kretzoi 1938
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Leontoceryx is an extinct, little-known genus of pantherine felid. It was named by Kretzoi Miklos based on a single lower canine of relatively stout form, with a distinct outer groove. The canine was noted as being similar to some specimens of Machairodus schlosseri (which is a synonym of Paramachaerodus orientalis).[1][2]
References
- ↑ Kretzoi, Miklós (1951). "A Csákvári Hipparion-fauna". Földtani Közlöny 81: 392. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50760516#page/496/mode/1up.
- ↑ Miklós, Kretzoi (1938). "Die Raubtiere von Gombaszo ̈g nebst einer Ubersicht der Gesamtfauna". Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 31: 88–157. ISSN 0521-4726. http://publication.nhmus.hu/pdf/annHNHM/Annals_HNHM_1937-38_Vol_31_m_88.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q115800580 entry
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