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Panthera leo vereshchagini Baryshnikov & Boeskorov, 2001

East Siberian cave lion, Beringian cave lion

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym of Panthera spelaea.

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Europe

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Baryshnikov, G. and Boeskorov, G. (2001). The pleistocene cave lion, Panthera spelaea (Carnivora, Felidae) from Yakutia, Russia. Cranium 18: 7-24.

 

Other references:

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

Stanton, David W. G. et al. (2020). Early Pleistocene origin and extensive intra-species diversity of the extinct cave lion. Scientific Reports 10: 12621.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/8580/beringian-cave-lion-panthera-vereshchagini

 

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