Panthera palaeosinensis

Taxobox
name = Panthera palaeosinensis
status = Fossil
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Felidae
genus = "Panthera"
species = "P. palaeosinensis"
binomial = "Panthera palaeosinensis"
binomial_authority = (Zdansky, 1924)

"Panthera palaeosinensis" was an early Pleistocene species from northern China. It appears to represent an early tiger or a form ancestral to the tiger.

References

* Hemmer, H. 1967. Wohin gehört “Felis” palaeosinensis Zdansky, 1924 in systematischer Hinsicht? N. Jb. Geol. Paleont. Abh., 129:83-96.
* Mazák, V. 1981. Panthera tigris. Mammalian Species, 152: 1-8. American Society of Mammalogists. ( [http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-152-01-0001.pdf Available online] )