†Panthera leo spelaea Goldfuss 1810 (lion)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combinations: Felis leo spelaea, Felis spelaea, Panthera spelaea, Uncia spelea
Belongs to Panthera leo according to R. Barnett et al. 2009
See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Cope 1880, Kurten 1968 and Sotnikova and Nikolskiy 2006
Sister taxon: Panthera leo atrox
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Alberta collection), France (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (2), the Russian Federation (7), Spain (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence