Pachypanthera

Pachypanthera
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Skeletal reconstruction of the skull, with known material in white.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Pachypanthera
de Bonis et al., 2023
Type species
Pachypanthera piriyai
de Bonis et al., 2023
Location of the Khorat sand pits is located in Thailand Isan TMD
Location of the Khorat sand pits
Location of the Khorat sand pits
Location of the Khorat sand pits (Thailand Isan TMD)
Location of the Khorat sand pits is located in Thailand
Location of the Khorat sand pits
Location of the Khorat sand pits
Location of the Khorat sand pits (Thailand)

Pachypanthera is an extinct genus of pantherine felid (big cat) that was recovered from the Late Miocene-aged Khorat sand pits in northeastern Thailand. It contains a single species, Pachypanthera piriyai, named and described in 2023.