Pristinailurus
| Pristinailurus Temporal range: | |
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| Skull of P. bristoli | |
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| Reconstructed head of P. bristoli | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ailuridae |
| Genus: | †PristinailurusWallace & Wang, 2004 |
| Species: | †P. bristoli |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pristinailurus bristoli Wallace & Wang, 2004 | |
Pristinailurus bristoli is a fossil species in the carnivoran family Ailuridae. It is well-represented in the Hemphillian-aged deposits at the Gray Fossil Site in Gray, Tennessee.[1] It was significantly larger than the living Ailurus, but probably possessed a comparatively weaker bite. P. bristoli was sexually dimorphic, as males appeared to have been up to twice the size of females.[2]
Anatomy
P. bristoli was likely adapted to terrestrial and some arboreal locomotion, with a generalist diet.[3]
References
- ^Wallace, Steven C.; Wang, Xiaoming (September 2004). "Two new carnivores from an unusual late Tertiary forest biota in eastern North America"(PDF). Nature. 431 (7008): 556–559. Bibcode:2004Natur.431..556W. doi:10.1038/nature02819. PMID 15457257. S2CID 4432191.
- ^"Life in the Cenozoic Era: Bristol's Panda (Pristinailurus bristoli)". 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021.
- ^"ANATOMICAL COMPARISON OF THE POSTCRANIAL SKELETON OF THE EXTANT RED PANDA, AILURUS FULGENS, TO THE EXTINCT LATE MIOCENE AILURIDS SIMOCYON BATALLERI AND PRISTINAILURUS BRISTOLI (CARNIVORA, AILURIDAE)"(PDF). Researchgate. Dec 31, 2025.
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