Panthera atrox

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

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

Name

Panthera atrox (Leidy, 1853): 321 ["Felis atrox"]

Type locality: "neighbourhood of Natchez, Mississippi"; U.S.A.

Synonymy

Felis atrox Leidy, 1853: 321 [Protonym]
Felis imperialis Leidy, 1873: 260
Felis atrox bebbi Merriam, 1909: 301
Panthera leo atrox
Panthera atrox

References

Primary references

Leidy, J. 1853. Description of an extinct species of American Lion: Felis atrox. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society n.s. 10: 319–321. DOI: 10.2307/1005282 JSTOR BHL Reference page.
Merriam, J.C. 1909. The skull and dentition of an extinct cat closed allied to Felis atrox Leidy. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 5(20): 291–304. HathiTrust Reference page.

Additional references

Merriam, J.C. & Stock, C. 1932. The Felidae of Rancho La Brea. Carnegie Institution of Washington. HathiTrust Reference page. pp. 164–199.
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

čeština: Lev americký
English: American Lion
español: León americano
hrvatski: Američki lav
magyar: Amerikai oroszlán
Nederlands: Holenleeuw
português: Leão americano
Türkçe: Amerika aslanı

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