Panthera gombaszoegensis a.k.a.‭ ‬European Jaguar

Pan-fe-rah gom-bas-zo-e-jen-sis.
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Name

Panthera gombaszoegensis.

Phonetic

Pan-fe-rah gom-bas-zo-e-jen-sis.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Carnivora,‭ ‬Felidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

Size

Up to about‭ ‬90‭ ‬centimetres high at the shoulder.

Known locations

Belgium.‭ ‬Bulgaria.‭ ‬Croatia.‭ ‬Czech Republic.‭ ‬England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cromer Forest Bed Formation.‭ ‬France.‭ ‬Georgia.‭ ‬Germany.‭ ‬Greece.‭ ‬Hungary.‭ ‬Israel‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ubeidiya Formation.‭ ‬Italy.‭ ‬Saudi Arabia.‭ ‬Spain.‭ ‬Tajikistan.‭ ‬Tanzania‭ ‬-‭ ‬Vogel River Series Formation.

Time Period

Piacenzian of the Pliocene through to the early Holocene.

Fossil representation

Multiple individuals.

In Depth

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Nachweis des Jaguars‭ (‬Panthera onca gombaszoegensis‭) ‬aus dem sp�ten Unter-‭ ‬oder fr�hen Mittelpleistoz�n der Niederlande.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Deinsea,‭ ‬Annual of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬47-57.‭ ‬-‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Hemmer‭ & ‬R.-D Kahlke‭ ‬-‭ ‬2005. -‭ ‬New record of the European jaguar,‭ ‬Panthera onca gombaszoegensis‭ (‬Kretzoi,‭ ‬1938‭)‬,‭ ‬from the Plio-Pleistocene of Langenboom‭ (‬The Netherlands‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cainozoic Research‭ ‬8‭ (‬1-2‭)‬:‭ ‬35‭–‬40.‭ ‬Retrieved‭ ‬2015-09-28.‭ ‬-‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Mol,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬van Logchem‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬de Vos‭ ‬-‭ ‬2011. – Presence of Panthera gombaszoegensis (Kretzoi, 1938) in the late Middle Pleistocene of Biśnik Cave, Poland, with an overview of Eurasian jaguar size variability. – Quaternary International. 326–327: 105–113. – A. Marciszak – 2014.

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