Pratifelis martini
| Pratifelis martini Temporal range: late Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Pratifelis |
| Species: | P. martini |
Pratifelis martini is an extinct feline species that lived in North America during the late Miocene period. A jawbone from the animal was first discovered by H. T. Martin in Wallace County, Kansas, in 1911, and paleontologist Claude W. Hibbard documented it as a new species.[1]
P. martini, a short-faced cat, was likely bigger than the modern cougar.[2]
References
- ↑ Hibbard, Claude W. (1934), "Two New Genera of Felidæ from the Middle Pliocene of Kansas", Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903–), Kansas Academy of Science (published Apr. 26–28, 1934), 37, pp. 239–255, doi:10.2307/3625308, JSTOR 3625308 Check date values in:
|publication-date=(help) - ↑ Lane, H. H. (1947), "Survey of the Fossil Vertebrates of Kansas: Part V: The Mammals (Continued)", Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903–), Kansas Academy of Science (published December 1947), 50 (3/4), pp. 273–314, doi:10.2307/3625600, JSTOR 3625600
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