The Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea and Panthera fossilis)

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(10-28-2018, 06:12 PM)Smilodon-Rex Wrote:

(10-27-2018, 08:24 AM)tigerluver Wrote:

(10-27-2018, 03:38 AM)Wolverine Wrote: @tigerluver since many of us are not paleontologists and we don't follow all news what is the final opinion of the science: were actually cave lions really a "lions" (Panthera leo) or they were a diferent representatives of genus Panthera. Fossilis, spalea and Atrox? Was the American lion a "lion"?
In order to not get us in confusion it's gonna be great if you could answer shortly, like: "Yes, they were a lions!" or "No, they were not a lions!".

If not, to which current Pantherinae species they were more closely related - to lion, tiger or jaguar?

The cave lions (P. spelaea/fossilis) and the American lion (P. atrox) were not modern lions (P. leo). However, they are most closely related to the modern lion (P. leo). On the other hand, these species are most distant from the tiger (P. tigris) and a bit less distant, but still distant, from the jaguar (P. onca).

Panthera atrox and Panthera fossils are the real and pure lion,  however, Panthera spelea may the hybrid lion species which continued other Panthera linage ? especially when spelaea developed into later Pleistocene,  the similarities between Cave lion(Panthera spelea) and tiger(Panthera tiger）may equivalent to jaguar(Panthera onca）and leopard(Panthera pardus）

Here is one pretty new chart. It is interesting to see what kind of conclusions there are in upcoming years. There are still things to study for researchers. Reply

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