Panthera principialis
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Taxonavigation: Feliformia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species: †Panthera principialis
Name[edit]
Panthera principialis Hemmer, 2023
Type locality: Laetoli
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
Hemmer, Helmut. 2022 The identity of the “lion”, Panthera principialis sp. nov., from the Pliocene Tanzanian site of Laetoli and its significance for molecular dating the pantherine phylogeny, with remarks on Panthera shawi (Broom, 1948), and a revision of Puma incurva (Ewer, 1956), the Early Pleistocene Swartkrans “leopard” (Carnivora, Felidae). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments.