Panthera onca augusta is an extinct subspecies of jaguar that lived in the Middle Pleistocene to Late Pleistocene epoch in North America.
Discovery and Naming[]
The first remains were published in 1872. The fossils were found by Ferdinand V. Hayden on the Platte River of Nebraska, who named them Felis augustus. Later in 1919, Oliver P. Hay described a left canine from Florida, and additional specimens were found in the United States, including two complete skeletons and 2 partial skulls and many axial elements. The generic name is Panthera, and the specific name is onca, and the subspecies name is augusta.
Description[]
It was larger than most jaguars, weighing 105.9 kg (233 lb) and being 15% to 20% larger than most jaguar populations. It went downsized in Rancholabrean age. It is from fragmented fossil materials. It had a distribution range of western, eastern, and southern U.S.
Classification[]
It is classified as a member of Panthera, and is a subspecies of jaguar in the family Felidae.
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