Leptofelis vallesiensis Salesa et al. 2012

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Alternative combination: Styriofelis vallesiensis

Full reference: M. J. Salesa, M. Antón, J. Morales and S. Peigné. 2012. Systematics and phylogeny of the small felines (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Late Miocene of Europe: a new species of Felinae from the Vallesian of Batallones (MN 10, Madrid, Spain). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(1):87-102

Belongs to Leptofelis according to M. J. Salesa et al. 2017

See also Salesa et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BAT-3’09 1576, a skull. Its type locality is Cerro de Batallones 3, which is in a MN 10 terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), Spain (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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