Panthera sp.

Gasparik, Mihály & Pazonyi, Piroska, 2018, The macromammal remains and revised faunal list of the Somssich Hill 2 locality (late Early Pleistocene, Hungary) and the Epivillafranchian faunal change, Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 35, pp. 153-178 : 167

Panthera sp.

( Figs 37–42 )

Material – Layer 8: Left P 3 fragment (V.83.21) ( Figs 37–38 ).

Layer 22b: Right dP 3 fragment (VER 2018.2628.) ( Figs 39–40 ); – 2 left deciduous I 3; left deciduous I 2; deciduous upper incisivus; right deciduous I 2; 8 fragments of deciduous teeth (VER 2018.2636.).

From mixed deposits: Right anterior phalanx II digiti II (VER 2018.2686.) ( Figs 41–42 ).

Remarks – The rather scanty and fragmentary material allows only very uncertain identification. On the basis of their dimensions and comparing the Somssich Hill 2 big cat specimens with equivalent specimens of Panthera onca gombaszogensis (Kretzoi) from Gombaszög (Gombasek) one can suppose that the Somssich Hill 2 specimens belong to this species.

Figures

Figs 35–47. Large mammal remains from Somssich Hill 2. – Fig. 35. Lynx sp. right M1 fragment (VER 2018.2627.), buccal view.– Fig. 36. Lynx sp. left M 1 fragment (VER 2018.2711.), buccal view. – Figs 37–38. Panthera sp. left P 3 fragment (V.83.21). – Fig. 37. Occlusal view. – Fig. 38. Buccal view. – Figs 39–40. Panthera sp. right dP3 (VER 2018.2628.). – Fig. 39. Occlusal view. – Fig. 40. Lingual view. – Figs 41–42. Panthera sp. right anterior phalanx II digiti II (VER 2018.2686.). – Fig. 41. Posterior view. – Fig. 42. Anterior view. – Fig. 43. Equus sp. phalanx II fragment (VER 2018.2685.), anterior view. – Figs 44–45. Sus sp. right dP2 fragment (V.82.148). – Fig. 44. Occlusal view. – Fig. 45. Lingual view. – Fig. 46. Cervus sp. right humerus fragment (VER 2018.2699.), posterior view. – Fig. 47. Capreolus sp. right M 2 (VER 2017.8232.), occlusal view. All scale bars = 10 mm