†Pristinailurus Wallace and Wang 2004 (red panda)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae
Full reference: S. C. Wallace and X. Wang. 2004. Two new carnivores from an unusual late Tertiary forest biota in eastern North America. Nature 431:556-559
Parent taxon: Pristinailurini according to S. C. Wallace and L. M. Lyon 2022
See also Salesa et al. 2006 and Wallace and Wang 2004
Sister taxon: Parailurus
Subtaxa: Pristinailurus bristoli
Type: Pristinailurus bristoli
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Gray Fossil Site ( of Tennessee)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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