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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) and 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

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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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