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Puma lacustris

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis lacustris was named by Gazin (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 12611, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lynx lacustris by Savage (1960) and Hulbert (1992); it was recombined as Puma lacustris by Seymour (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Felis lacustris Gazin p. 251 figs. 1, 2
1960Lynx lacustris Savage
1970Felis lacustris Bjork
1980Felis lacustris Kurten and Anderson p. 195
1992Lynx lacustris Hulbert, Jr.
1999Puma lacustris Seymour

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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
genusPumaJardine 1834
specieslacustris()

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.

Puma lacustris Gazin 1933
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. L. Gazin 1933ize of mandible smaller than average of Felis concolor.
Symphysis shallow, with rounded anterior margin not projecting downward so markedly as in F. concolor. Canine short and robust. Cheek-teeth slender with premolars relatively narroweranteriorly and carnassial small.