†subfamily Pantherinae Pocock 1917 (cat)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Parent taxon: Felidae according to C. Breitenmoser and U. Breitenmoser 2017
See also Mazak et al. 2011 and Tseng et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Aeluropsis, Catolynx, Cynaelurus, Cynailurus, Diamantofelis, Drepanodon, Epimachairodus, Felinae, Hyperailurictis, Jansofelis, Katifelis, Machaerodus, Machairodontinae, Mellivorodon, Namafelis, Plethaelurus, Proailurus, Profelis, Propontosmilus, Pseudaelurus, Sivaelurus, Sivafelis, Sivasmilus, Uncia, Vinayakia, Viretailurus, Vishnufelis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence