Lynx proterolyncis Savage 1941 (lynx)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Alternative combination: Felis proterolyncis

Full reference: D. E. Savage. 1941. Two New Middle Pliocene Carnivores from Oklahoma with Notes on the Optima Fauna. American Midland Naturalist 25(3):692-710

Belongs to Lynx according to L. Werdelin 1985

See also Savage 1941 and Seymour 1999

Sister taxa: Felis (Lynx) lybiensis, Felis (Lynx) montana, Felis (Lynx) nubiensis, Felis (Lynx) vulgaris, Lynx californicus, Lynx canadensis, Lynx issiodorensis, Lynx longignathus, Lynx lynx, Lynx pardinus, Lynx rufus, Lynx shansius, Lynx texensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Optima, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ogallala Formation of Oklahoma

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (2: Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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