Panthera uncia pyrenaica
Panthera uncia pyrenaica, also known as the Arago snow leopard or as the European snow leopard, is a subspecies of snow leopard (Panthera uncia) that lived during the Middle Pleistocene in southern France.[1]
| Panthera uncia pyrenaica Temporal range: Pleistocene (possible early Holocene record) | |
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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. u. pyrenaica |
| Trinomial name | |
| Panthera uncia pyrenaica Hemmer, 2022 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Panthera pardus tautavelensis Testu et al. 2010 | |
It was originally interpreted as a leopard fossil, and given the name Panthera pardus tautavelensis in the Program/Guide book for 16th International Cave Bear and Lion Symposium; however, this name, since it was not formally published in a scientific journal, it was unavailable due to being a nomen nudum.[1][2]
References
- Hemmer, H. (2022). "An intriguing find of an early Middle Pleistocene European snow leopard, Panthera uncia pyrenaica ssp. nov. (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae), from the Arago cave (Tautavel, Pyrénées-Orientales, France)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. Online edition. doi:10.1007/s12549-021-00514-y. S2CID 246433218.
- Testu, A., Moigne, A.-M., & Lumley, H. de (2010). La panthère Panthera pardus tautavelensis nov. ssp. des niveaux inférieurs de la caune de l’Arago à Tautavel (Pyrenées-Orientales, France) dans le contexte des Felidae (Felinae, Pantherinae) de taille moyenne du Pléistocène européen. 16th International Cave Bear and Lion Symposium, Azé (Saône-et-Loire, France, September 22nd-26th, 2010. Program/Guide book of excursions, 64.
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