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Panthera balamoides

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Panthera balamoides was named by Stinnesbeck et al. (2018). Its type specimen is CPC-2205, a limb element (Distal third of a right humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Pit cenote, which is in a Pleistocene sinkhole carbonate in Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. imperialis, P. issiodorensis, P. schaubi, P. crassidens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Panthera balamoides Stinnesbeck et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusPantheraOken 1816
speciesbalamoides

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Panthera balamoides Stinnesbeck et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available