Leptofelis Salesa et al. 2017 (cat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Full reference: M. J. Salesa, G. Siliceo, M. Antón, S. Peigné, and J. Morales. 2017. Functional and Systematic Implications of the Postcranial Anatomy of a Late Miocene Feline (Carnivora, Felidae) from Batallones-1 (Madrid, Spain) . Journal of Mammalian Evolution 1-17

Parent taxon: Felinae according to M. J. Salesa et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Acinonyx, Caracal, Catopuma, Felini, Felis, Herpailurus, Leopardus, Leptailurus, Lynx, Miopanthera, Miracinonyx, Neofelis, Otocolobus, Panthera, Pardofelis, Pratifelis, Prionailurus, Pristifelis, Puma, Sivapanthera, Styriofelis

Subtaxa: Leptofelis vallesiensis

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Type: Styriofelis vallesiensis

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

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

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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