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Panthera leo spelaea

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis spelaea was named by Goldfuss (1810).

It was recombined as Uncia spelea by Cope (1880); it was recombined as Felis leo spelaea by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927), Kurten (1968); it was recombined as Panthera spelaea by Sotnikova and Nikolskiy (2006); it was recombined as Panthera leo spelaea by Barnett et al. (2009).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Felis spelaea Goldfuss
1880Uncia spelea Cope p. 858
1927Felis leo spelaea Boule and De Villeneuve p. 75
1968Felis leo spelaea Kurten p. 85
2006Panthera spelaea Sotnikova and Nikolskiy p. 220
2009Panthera leo spelaea 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()
subspeciesspelaea(Goldfuss 1810)

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 spelaea Goldfuss 1810
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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 Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Thüringen) Panthera spelaea (43020)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Panthera spelaea (48580)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Russian Federation Panthera spelaea (190074)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Segovia) Felis spelaea (36517)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kazakhstan Panthera spelaea (40497)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Panthera leo (109703) Panthera spelaea (82530)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Panthera spelaea (48587)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Panthera spelaea (216029 216030 216031 216032)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Panthera spelaea (232472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Panthera spelaea (43619)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Ioannina) Felis spelaea (208564)