The Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea and Panthera fossilis)

[GrizzlyClaws]

@tigerluver

I am trying to compare the correlation of the variables between the Mokhnevskaya specimen and the later Panthera spelaea specimens via linear regression.


I just figure out that the Mokhnevskaya specimen was quite unique and rather primitive in comparison, and with some variables more correlated with Panthera fossilis.


Now I can finally understand why Marciszak et al. (2014) has emphasized so much about the transitional phase. And from this aspect, it is also plausible to say that Panthera spelaea as the biological successor of Panthera fossilis. However, compared to the Panthera atrox group, they may have adapted with different morphological evolution. Reply