The original study assigned IVPP V18788.1–3 to Panthera blytheae in a combined analysis; generic assignment and snow-leopard affinity are revisable rather than ancestral facts.
claim:taxon:panthera-blytheae:taxonomyPanthera blytheae
A partial cranium and associated jaw material entered a combined fossil–molecular analysis; the original Panthera and snow-leopard affinity remain revisable analytical assignments.
Represented range5.95–4.1 Ma
Content packagecarnivora
PBDBtxn:282559
Evidence boundary
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Claim ledger
The profiled sample is limited to the Zanda Basin and does not by itself establish an Asian origin for all pantherines.
claim:taxon:panthera-blytheae:biogeographyFelid dentition supports carnivory, but the partial cranial sample does not directly preserve locomotion, prey choice or habitual environment.
claim:taxon:panthera-blytheae:ecologyIVPP V18788.1 is an adult partial cranium, with IVPP V18788.2–3 providing associated jaw and premaxillary material used in the analysis.
claim:taxon:panthera-blytheae:morphologyThe 5.95–4.10 Ma envelope follows the original locality magnetostratigraphy and is not a universal pantherine FAD, species LAD or unchanged age model.
claim:taxon:panthera-blytheae:fossil-rangeKnown limits
- A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.
References
- Himalayan fossils of the oldest known pantherine establish ancient origin of big catsTseng, Z.J.; Wang, X.; Slater, G.J.; et al. · 2014 · DOI 10.1098/rspb.2013.2686
- Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
- The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
- Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933