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Bovids of the Pleistocene

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(11-12-2019, 08:16 PM)Hello Wrote: They were estimated to 300 kg in the past.How much is the new estimate?

In fact, it depend of the crono-subspecies. For the old Cromerian "lions" normally clasified as Panthera fossilis, the estimation is up to 400 kg, those cats were huge! But for the most "modern" steppe lions clasiffied as Panthera spelaea, the weights were probably on the same line as modern lions - Panthera leo and tigers - Panthera tigris, based in they bones and skulls, which are about 200-270 kg, maybe up to 300 kg in the largest specimens (bones are very robust). The transitional form, like the male of the San River, was between those two extrems and about the same size of the large America "lions" Panthera atrox, with weights of probably up to 350 kg in the larger males.
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Bovids of the Pleistocene - Spalea - 01-28-2018, 07:58 PM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - Spalea - 01-29-2018, 05:09 AM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - Spalea - 02-14-2018, 01:43 PM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - Spalea - 02-14-2018, 02:11 PM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - Wolverine - 09-10-2018, 12:33 PM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - epaiva - 09-15-2018, 07:05 PM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - Spalea - 09-16-2018, 01:36 AM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - Spalea - 10-03-2018, 08:37 PM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - Spalea - 09-16-2018, 04:23 AM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - Hello - 11-12-2019, 08:16 PM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - epaiva - 01-07-2019, 03:14 AM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - epaiva - 07-08-2019, 08:17 PM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - epaiva - 07-24-2019, 03:38 AM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - epaiva - 08-27-2019, 08:51 AM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - Hello - 11-12-2019, 08:21 PM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - epaiva - 11-12-2019, 07:44 PM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - GuateGojira - 11-18-2019, 12:40 PM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - Spalea - 11-29-2019, 05:31 PM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - Spalea - 03-17-2020, 06:47 AM
RE: Bovids of the Pleistocene - Spalea - 05-08-2020, 11:22 PM



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