Pristinailurus Temporal range:
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Skull of P. bristoli | |
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Head of P. bristoli | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Ailuridae |
Genus: | †Pristinailurus Wallace & Wang, 2004 |
Species: | †P. bristoli
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Binomial name | |
†Pristinailurus bristoli Wallace & Wang, 2004
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Pristinailurus bristoli is a fossil species in the carnivoran family Ailuridae, well-represented in the Hemphillian deposits at the Gray Fossil Site in Gray, Tennessee.[1] It was significantly larger than the living Ailurus but probably possessed a weaker bite. Males appear to have been as much as twice the size of females.[2]