Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combination: Felis proterolyncis
Full reference: D. E. Savage. 1941. Two New Middle Pliocene Carnivores from Oklahoma with Notes on the Optima Fauna. American Midland Naturalist 25(3):692-710
Belongs to Lynx according to L. Werdelin 1985
See also Savage 1941 and Seymour 1999
Sister taxa: Felis (Lynx) lybiensis, Felis (Lynx) montana, Felis (Lynx) nubiensis, Felis (Lynx) vulgaris, Lynx canadensis, Lynx issiodorensis, Lynx longignathus, Lynx lynx, Lynx pardinus, Lynx rufus, Lynx shansius, Lynx texensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Optima, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ogallala Formation of Oklahoma
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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