Pristinailurus

Pristinailurus bristoli is a fossil species in the carnivoran family Ailuridae, well-represented in the Hemphillian deposits at the Gray Fossil Site in Gray, Tennessee.^[1] It was significantly larger than the living Ailurus but probably possessed a weaker bite. Males appear to have been as much as twice the size of females.^[2]

Pristinailurus Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skull of P. bristoli
Head of P. bristoli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ailuridae
Genus:	†Pristinailurus Wallace & Wang, 2004
Species:	†P. bristoli
Binomial name
†Pristinailurus bristoli Wallace & Wang, 2004

References

1. Wallace, Steven C.; Wang, Xiaoming (September 2004). "Two new carnivores from an unusual late Tertiary forest biota in eastern North America" (PDF). Nature. 431 (7008): 556–559. Bibcode:2004Natur.431..556W. doi:10.1038/nature02819. PMID 15457257. S2CID 4432191.
2. "Life in the Cenozoic Era: Bristol's Panda (Pristinailurus bristoli)". 23 January 2015.