| Leontoceryx | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
| Genus: | †Leontoceryx Kretzoi, 1938 |
| Type species | |
| Leontoceryx bessarabiae Kretzoi, 1938 | |
Leontoceryx is an extinct, little-known genus of pantherine felid. It was named in 1938 by Hungarian palaeontologist Miklós Kretzoi based on a single lower canine of relatively stout form, with a distinct outer groove.[1] The canine was noted as being similar to some specimens of Machairodus schlosseri (which is a synonym of Paramachaerodus orientalis).[2]
References
- ↑ Kretzoi, Miklós (1938). "Die Raubtiere von Gombaszög nebst einer Ubersicht der Gesamtfauna" [The predators of Gombaszög together with an overview of the overall fauna] (PDF). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici (in German). Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum. 31: 88–157. ISSN 0521-4726.
- ↑ Kretzoi, Miklós (1951). "A Csákvári Hipparion-fauna" [The Hipparion fauna from Csakvar]. Földtani Közlöny (in Hungarian). 81: 392.
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