Panthera spelaea

Panthera spelaea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia Infraordo: Aeluroidea Superfamilia: Feloidea

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species: †Panthera spelaea

Name

Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810): 277 ["Felis spelaea"]

Type locality: Germany

Synonymy

• Felis spelaea Goldfuss, 1810: 277 [Protonym]
• Panthera leo spelaea
• Panthera spelaea

References

Primary references

• Goldfuss, G.A. 1810. Die Umgebungen von Muggendorf. Erlangen: Johann Jacob Palm. MDZ Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kurtén, B. 1985. The Pleistocene lion of Beringia. Annales Zoologici Fennici 22: 117–121. PDF Reference page. 
• Barnett, R., Mendoza, M.L.Z., Soares, André Elias Rodrigues, Ho, S.Y.W., Zazula, G., Yamaguchi, N., Shapiro, B., Kirillova, I.V., Larson, G. & Gilbert, M.T.P. 2016. Mitogenomics of the Extinct Cave Lion, Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810), Resolve its Position within the Panthera Cats. Open Quaternary 2(4): 1–11. DOI: 10.5334/oq.24 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Cave Lion
• español: Leon de las cavernas
• português: Leão das Cavernas
• 中文: 穴獅

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