Panthera schaubi
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Panthera schaubi or Viretailurus schaubi is a prehistoric feline species, which is probably at the base of the genus Panthera. Sometimes it also regarded as an early member of the Puma group. Fossils of this leopard-sized animal are around 2 million years old and were found in France.
- A. Turner: The big cats and their fossil relatives. Columbia University Press, 1997.ISBN 0-231-10229-1
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