Panthera blytheae
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species: †Panthera blytheae
Name
[edit]Panthera blytheae Tseng, Wang, Slater, Takeuchi, Li, Liu & Xie, 2014
Holotype: IVPP V18788.1
Type locality: "IVPP locality ZD1001 (... elevation 4114 m) is adjacent to the Zanda Canyon trail approximately 15 km north of the Zanda county seat, Ngari District, Tibet Autonomous Region, China".
Eponymy "daughter of avid supporters of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County" [Tseng et al., 2014]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Tseng, Z.J., Wang, X., Slater, G.J., Takeuchi, G.T., Li, Q., Liu, J. & Xie, G. 2014. Himalayan fossils of the oldest known pantherine establish ancient origin of big cats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281: 20132686. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2686 Reference page.