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Lynx issiodorensis

Extinct species of felid

Extinct species of felid

  • Lynx shansius Tielhard, 1945

Lynx issiodorensis, sometimes called the Issoire lynx, is an extinct species of lynx that inhabited Europe during the Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs, and may have originated in Africa during the Late Pliocene. It is named after the town of Issoire where the first fossilised remains were found. It probably became extinct during the end of the last glacial period.

It is generally considered as the ancestor of all four species of lynx alive today. Its skeleton resembled that of living lynxes, but it had shorter and more robust limbs, with a larger head and longer neck. As a result, the Issoire lynx more closely resembled a typical member of the cat family than to its extant descendants.

Taxonomy

In 1945, another lynx species, Lynx shansius, was described based on fossils from Asia. However, in 1984 a reexamination of the L. shansius material determined it to be synonymous with L. issiodorensis.

Distribution

L. issiodorensis is known from France, Czechia, Romania, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Russia, and China.

References

References

  1. Sunquist, Mel. (2002). "Wild cats of the World". [[University of Chicago Press]].
  2. (1984). "The relationships of Lynx shansius Teilhard". Annales Zoologici Fennici.
  3. (March 2008). "New data on the Early Villafranchian fauna from Vialette (Haute-Loire, France) based on the collection of the Crozatier Museum (Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France)". [[Quaternary International]].
  4. (30 April 2025). "Carnivores from Chlum 4S (Czech Republic): new insight for the latest early Pleistocene carnivore faunas in Central Europe". [[Historical Biology]].
  5. (6 September 2023). "Carnivora From the Early Pleistocene of Grăunceanu (Olteț River Valley, Dacian Basin, Romania)". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia.
  6. (September 2013). "New well-preserved material of Lynx issiodorensis valdarnensis (Felidae, Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Pantalla (central Italy)". Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana.
  7. (30 August 1997). "Varshets and Slivnitsa – new localities of Villafranchian vertebrate fauna from Bulgaria (taxonomic composition, biostratigraphy and climatochronology)". Geologica Balcanica.
  8. (1 July 2025). "Felines from the middle Villafranchian (Early Pleistocene) mammal fauna of Dafnero 3, Greece". [[Historical Biology]].
  9. (22 August 2018). "Synopsis of the terrestrial vertebrate faunas from the Middle Kura Basin (Eastern Georgia and Western Azerbaijan, South Caucasus)". [[Acta Palaeontologica Polonica]].
  10. (7 May 2025). "Early Pleistocene Lynx issiodorensis (Croizet & Jobert, 1828) from the Muhkai 2 (northeastern Caucasus, Russia)". [[Historical Biology]].
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