Pristinailurus
Sign in to savePristinailurus bristoli is a fossil species in the carnivoran family Ailuridae. It is well-represented in the Hemphillian-aged deposits at the Gray Fossil Site in Gray, Tennessee. It was significantly larger than the living Ailurus, but probably possessed a comparatively weaker bite. P. bristoli was sexually dimorphic, as males appeared to have been up to twice the size of females. == Anatomy == thumb|Bristols panda skeleton P. bristoli was likely adapted to terrestrial and some arboreal locomotion, with a generalist diet.
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- Parent taxon
- Ailurinae
- Image
- Skull of Pristinailurus bristoli.jpg
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- taxon name
- Pristinailurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- temporal range start
- Late Miocene
- temporal range end
- Pleistocene
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Pristinailurus bristoli is a fossil species in the carnivoran family Ailuridae. It is well-represented in the Hemphillian-aged deposits at the Gray Fossil Site in Gray, Tennessee. It was significantly larger than the living Ailurus, but probably possessed a comparatively weaker bite. P. bristoli was sexually dimorphic, as males appeared to have been up to twice the size of females. == Anatomy == thumb|Bristols panda skeleton P. bristoli was likely adapted to terrestrial and some arboreal locomotion, with a generalist diet.
== References ==
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