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(05-05-2022, 02:21 AM)jrocks Wrote: oh wow, the basal length of the chateau natadomeri lion skull despite being 484.7 mm on total length was quite a lot less at 380 mm i never knew that

I see that there is a confusion here, the Natodameri lion is from Kenya and its ID is KNM-ND 59673 and for the moment is clasified as a modern lion Panthera leo. The Chateau "lion" came from France and its ID is CHA.1.98.C.3-246 and belong to the species Panthera spelaea fossilis.

So these are two different animals, from different species.

Now, if we focus specifically in the specimen CHA.1.98.C.3-246 from France, check that its skull is less than 2 cm bigger in the GSL than the biggest specimen of Panthera atrox (484.7 mm vs. 467.5 mm). In this case the estimated weight for an animal of that size was probably around 380 kg, but we nee to take in count that we don't know the body variations, for example, I remember that @tigerluver once told me (if I remember correctly) that Panthera spelaea had bigger skulls in relation to its body than Panthera atrox, and if that is the case, the 2 cm in difference will be irrelevant and both specimens could weight around the same. Reply