Lynx hei
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Lynx |
| Species: | †L. hei |
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| †Lynx hei Jiangzuo et al., 2022 | |
Lynx hei is an extinct fossil species of lynx. It was described in 2022 based on Plio-Pleistocene-aged fossils found in China. The cranium was found in Longdan, Linxia Basin, and is much smaller than the crania of Lynx issiodorensis found in the same locality. The fossil material is located in Hezheng Paleozoological Museum. It is phylogenetically similar to the modern North American bobcat.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Jianzuo, Qigao; Li, Lu; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Wang, Shiqi; Li, Shijie; Fu, Jiao; Chen, Shanqin (13 July 2022). "The diversification of the lynx lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene—evidence from a new small Lynx from Longdan, Gansu Province, China". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136 (4): 536–551. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blac054. ISSN 0024-4066.
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