Christiansen and Harris suggested that this different perspective indicated that Panthera atrox was not descended from prehistoric lions which crossed into North America via the Bering Land Bridge.

The specimen is a female cave lion (Panthera spelaea) cub, which scientists named Sparta. This prehistoric animal likely died suddenly, possibly during a mudslide. Sparta is one the best-preserved ...

Two species of prehistoric lions include Panthera atrox, also known as the American cave lion, and Panthera spelaea, also ...

Cave lions, Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss ... known from fossils and prehistoric art. It's most closely related to the modern lion and ranged from Europe to Alaska over the Bering land bridge ...

A reconstruction of the skull of Panthera blytheae, the oldest known fossil big cat. Mauricio Antón In August 2010, we arrived in the Zanda Basin ready for another season of prospecting and ...

Christiansen and Harris suggested that this different perspective indicated that Panthera atrox was not descended from prehistoric lions which crossed into North America via the Bering Land Bridge.

Examining the family tree of living big cats and several extinct species indicates that Panthera blytheae is a sister to the snow leopard, two species that constitute a lineage of high altitude ...