Panthera

Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae. It contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the jaguar, leopard, lion, snow leopard and tiger. Numerous extinct species are also named, including the cave lion and American lion.

Panthera

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
FelinaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Life habit
scansorialPBDB, for Felidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 4.1 million years on record.

The record covers at least 4.16 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 431 occurrencesMiocene — about 3 of 431 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 33 of 431 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 368 of 431 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 4 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 5 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 12 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 27 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 54 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 65 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 261 occurrences4.16 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

431 occurrences of Panthera on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

431 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

45 formations

Vogel River Series — 3.20°S, 35.21°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°ESwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°EKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 4.18°N, 36.42°ESterkfontein — 26.02°S, 27.73°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.75°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.45°EZanda — 31.48°N, 79.80°EZanda — 31.67°N, 79.75°EMakapansgat — 24.20°S, 28.95°ESopas — 31.25°S, 57.00°WSopas — 32.05°S, 56.12°WKingsdown — 37.04°N, 100.48°WKingsdown — 37.20°N, 100.30°WTacubaya — 21.80°N, 102.30°WChapala — 20.30°N, 103.20°WHumbu — 2.33°S, 35.97°EYuanmou — 24.87°N, 100.94°EUnterer Travertin — 50.95°N, 11.38°ECromer Forest Bed — 52.46°N, 1.73°ECromer Forest Bed — 52.94°N, 1.25°ENuapua — 20.75°S, 63.07°WNuapua — 20.87°S, 63.07°WLujan — 34.60°S, 59.15°WBabladanga — 23.50°N, 87.00°EGood Creek — 34.00°N, 99.80°WAmerican Falls Lake Bed E — 42.80°N, 112.90°WWicomico — 29.60°N, 82.42°WSan Pedro — 33.75°N, 118.28°WHadar — 11.14°N, 40.58°EOlduvai — 2.97°S, 35.32°E

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The named rock units Panthera has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 21 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 339 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Panthera and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Panthera and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

2,167 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 360 sites for Panthera, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

250 references

Each of the 431 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 238 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Panthera

Credit
Termininja
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Oken 1816