Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combinations: Felis obscura, Megantereon obscura
Full reference: Q. B. Hendey. 1974. The Late Cenozoic Carnivora of the South-Western Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 63:1-369
Belongs to Yoshi according to Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2023
See also Hendey 1974 and Morales et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Yoshi faie, Yoshi garevskii, Yoshi minor, Yoshi yongdengensis
Type specimen: L 10100, a maxilla (L maxillary fragment). Its type locality is 'E' Quarry, which is in a Pliocene cave sandstone in the Varswater Formation of South Africa.
Distribution:
• Pliocene of South Africa (2 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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