Panthera uncia pyrenaica, also known as the Arago snow leopard or the European snow leopard, is a subspecies of snow leopard that lived during the Middle Pleistocene in southern France.[1]
Panthera uncia pyrenaica Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
Genus: | Panthera |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. u. pyrenaica
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Trinomial name | |
Panthera uncia pyrenaica Hemmer, 2022
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Synonyms | |
Panthera pardus tautavelensis Testu et al. 2010 |
Taxonomy
editIt 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, is considered a nomen nudum.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hemmer, H. (2023). "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. 103: 207–220. doi:10.1007/s12549-021-00514-y. S2CID 246433218.207-220&rft.date=2023&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s12549-021-00514-y&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:246433218#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Hemmer&rft.aufirst=H.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs12549-021-00514-y&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Panthera uncia pyrenaica" class="Z3988">
- ^ 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 (in French). Program/Guide book of excursions: 64.