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Panthera leo atrox

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis atrox was named by Leidy (1853). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Uncia atrox by Cope (1880); it was recombined as Panthera atrox by Simpson (1941), Hibbard and Taylor (1960), Lundelius (1972); it was synonymized subjectively with Panthera leo by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was recombined as Panthera leo atrox by Barnett et al. (2009).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Felis atrox Leidy
1873Felis atrox Leidy p. 228
1880Uncia atrox Cope p. 858
1902Felis atrox Hay p. 782
1934Felis onca mesembrina Cabrera
1934Panthera onca mesembrina Cabrera
1941Panthera atrox Simpson
1960Panthera atrox Hibbard and Taylor
1972Panthera atrox Lundelius, Jr.
2009Panthera leo atrox Barnett 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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
speciesleo()
subspeciesatrox()

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 leo atrox Leidy 1853
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†Panthera onca mesembrina Cabrera 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:11:24
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:11:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Mississippi) Felis atrox (161194)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Felis atrox, Panthera atrox (74143)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Felis concolor (20285)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Felis atrox (20520)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Felis atrox, Panthera atrox (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Felis atrox (20533)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Felis atrox (20166) Panthera atrox (20295)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21Mexico (Aguascalientes) Panthera atrox (20283)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nebraska) Felis atrox (20347)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Felis atrox (20639)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Felis atrox (152009)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) Panthera leo (79757)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Panthera atrox (195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Felis atrox (93244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Panthera atrox (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Felis atrox (20615) Panthera atrox (20576)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Magallanes) Panthera atrox (141367)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Felis atrox (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Panthera atrox (232472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Felis atrox (71277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Pali Aike) Panthera atrox (213010)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Panthera sp. (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Panthera atrox (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Panthera atrox (93181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Panthera atrox (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile Panthera atrox (71341)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Piura) Felis atrox (144976)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Panthera leo (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Panthera atrox (212363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Última Esperanza) Panthera atrox (213007 213008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Tierra del Fuego ) Panthera atrox (213009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Felis sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Panthera atrox (104680)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Panthera atrox (104033)