Pristinailurus

Pristinailurus bristoli (Bristol's panda) is a fossil species in the carnivoran family Ailuridae, well-represented in the Hemphillian deposits of Gray, Tennessee.[1] It was significantly larger than the living Ailurus but probably possessed a weaker bite. Males appear to have been as much as twice the size of females.[2]

Pristinailurus
Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene
Head of P. bristoli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ailuridae
Genus: †Pristinailurus
Wallace & Wang, 2004
Species:
†P. bristoli
Binomial name
†Pristinailurus bristoli
Wallace & Wang, 2004

References
  1. Wallace, Steven C.; Wang, Xiaoming (September 2004). "Two new carnivores from an unusual late Tertiary forest biota in eastern North America". Nature. 431 (7008): 556–559. Bibcode:2004Natur.431..556W. doi:10.1038/nature02819. PMID 15457257.
  2. "Life in the Cenozoic Era: Bristol's Panda (Pristinailurus bristoli)". 23 January 2015.


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