Panthera blytheae holotype and total-evidence placement
A partial skull and associated jaws enter a combined fossil–molecular analysis of the pantherine radiation.
Represented range5.95–4.1 Ma
RegionsZanda Basin, Tibetan Himalaya, China
CladesFelidae · Pantherinae · Panthera blytheae
Claim ledger
topology · medium
IVPP V18788.1–3 anchor a dated Zanda Basin pantherine sample and a combined morphology–molecule analysis; genus assignment, affinity and biogeographic history remain revisable hypotheses rather than direct observations.