Panthera onca mesembrina
Panthera onca mesembrina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
Genus: | Panthera |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. o. mesembrina
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Trinomial name | |
Panthera onca mesembrina | |
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Panthera onca mesembrina is an extinct subspecies of the jaguar that was endemic to southern South America during the Pleistocene epoch (1.8 mya–11,000 years ago).[3][4][5] The fossils of this large felid from late Pleistocene localities in southern Chile and Argentina have been reported in 2017 to be remains of the American lion (Panthera atrox).[6]
Fossil distribution[]
Fossils have been uncovered from Cueva del Milodon, Chile, Formosa Province, Argentina,[4] and Piaui, Brazil.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Cabrera A. 1934. Los yaguares vivientes y extinguidos de la América austral. Notas Preliminares del Museo de la Plata 2:34-50.
- ^ Roth, S., 1899. Descripción de los restos encontrados en la caverna de Última Esperanza. Revista del Museo La Plata 9, 381–388.
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Panthera onca mesembrina, basic info
- ^ a b Rodriguez, Sergio Gabriel; Méndez, Cecilia; Soibelzon, Esteban; Soibelzon, Leopoldo Héctor; Contreras, Silvina; Friedrichs, Juan; Luna, Carlos; Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo (August 2018). "Panthera onca (Carnivora, Felidae) in the late Pleistocene-early Holocene of northern Argentina". www.ingentaconnect.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
- ^ Moreno, A. K. M.; Lima-Ribeiro, M. S. (2015-12-31). "Ecological niche models, fossil record and the multi-temporal calibration for Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia: Felidae)". Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences. 2 (4): 309–319. ISSN 2358-2731.
- ^ Chimento, N. R.; Agnolin, F. L. (2017). "The fossil American lion (Panthera atrox) in South America: Palaeobiogeographical implications". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 16 (#8): 850–864. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2017.06.009.
Categories:
- Jaguars
- Prehistoric pantherines
- Pleistocene carnivorans
- Pleistocene first appearances
- Pleistocene extinctions
- Pleistocene mammals of North America
- Rancholabrean
- Irvingtonian
- Pleistocene United States
- Fossils of the United States
- Pleistocene mammals of South America
- Lujanian
- Pleistocene Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Pleistocene Chile
- Fossils of Chile
- Fossil taxa described in 1934