Panthera shawi

Panthera shawi; Temporal range: Late Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Pantherinae
Genus:	Panthera
Species:	†P. shawi
Binomial name
	†Panthera shawi; (Broom, 1948)

Panthera shawi is an extinct prehistoric cat, of which a single canine tooth was excavated in Sterkfontein cave in South Africa by Robert Broom in the 1940s. Broom described it in 1948 using the scientific name Felis shawi.^[1] It is thought to be the oldest known Panthera species in Africa.^[2]

Description[]

The canine tooth is about 12 mm (0.47 in) long and considerably larger and thicker at the base than of a modern lion. The tooth crown measures 31 mm × 24 mm (1.22 in × 0.94 in) at the base and is 67.5 mm (2.66 in) long.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Broom, R. (1948). "Some South African Pliocene and Pleistocene mammals" (PDF). Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 21: 1–38.
^ Sabol, M. (2011). "Masters of the lost world: a hypothetical look at the temporal and spatial distribution of lion-like felids". Quaternaire. 4: 229–236.

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[Broom1948-1] Broom, R. (1948). "Some South African Pliocene and Pleistocene mammals" (PDF). Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 21: 1–38.

[Sabol2011-2] Sabol, M. (2011). "Masters of the lost world: a hypothetical look at the temporal and spatial distribution of lion-like felids". Quaternaire. 4: 229–236.

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