Panthera balamoides

Name: Panthera balamoides.
Phonetic: Pan-fe-rah bah-lah-moy-deez.
Named By: Sarah R.‭ ‬Stinnesbeck,‭ ‬Wolfgang Stinnesbeck,‭ ‬Eberhard Frey,Jerónimo Avilés Olguín,‭ ‬Carmen Rojas Sandoval,‭ ‬Adriana Velázquez Morlet‭ & ‬Arturo H.‭ ‬González‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Carnivora,‭ ‬Felidae,‭ ‬Pantherinae
Species: P.‭ ‬balamoides.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: Mexico‭ ‬-‭ ‬Yucatan Peninsula.
Time period: Pleistocene.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.

       Panthera balamoides is thought to be an extinct species of the Panthera genus that lived in Mexico during the Pleistocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Panthera balamoides and other Pleistocene felids from the submerged caves of Tulum,‭ ‬Quintana Roo,‭ ‬Mexico.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Historical Biology:‭ ‬An International Journal of Paleobiology.‭ ‬32‭ (‬7‭)‬:‭ ‬930‭–‬939.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Sarah R.‭ ‬Stinnesbeck,‭ ‬Wolfgang Stinnesbeck,‭ ‬Eberhard Frey,Jerónimo Avilés Olguín,‭ ‬Carmen Rojas Sandoval,‭ ‬Adriana Velázquez Morlet‭ & ‬Arturo H.‭ ‬González‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.



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