Paramachaerodus transasiaticus Li and Spassov 2017 (cat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Full reference: Y. Li and N. Spassov. 2017. A new species of Paramachaerodus (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) from the late Miocene of China and Bulgaria, and revision of Promegantereon Kretzoi, 1938 and Paramachaerodus Pilgrim, 1913. PalZ 91:409-426

Belongs to Paramachaerodus according to Y. Li and N. Spassov 2017

Sister taxa: Paramachaerodus maximiliani, Paramachaerodus ogygia, Paramachaerodus orientalis, Paramachaerodus schlosseri, Paramachaerodus yingliangi

Type specimen: IVPP V 20106 ( A skull (IVPP V 20106) with its left zygomatic arch missing, occipital and left side of the frontal region damaged, with right I3, right canine broken at the t)

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paramachaerodus transasiaticus in the database

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