Lynx thomasi
Extinct fossil species of lynx
Lynx thomasi Temporal range: middle Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Lynx |
Species: | †L. thomasi |
Binomial name | |
†Lynx thomasi Geraads, 1980 |
Lynx thomasi is an extinct fossil species of lynx. It was described in 1980 based on a lower jaw fossil found in Pleistocene-aged rock in Morocco.[1]
References
- ^ Geraads, Denis (1980). "Un nouveau felide (Fissipeda, Mammalia) du pleistocene moyen du Maroc: Lynx thomasi n. sp" [A new felid (Fissipeda, Mammalia) from the middle Pleistocene of Morocco: Lynx thomasi n. sp.]. Geobios (in French). 13 (3): 441–444. Bibcode:1980Geobi..13..441G. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(80)80079-9.
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