Puma pumoides
{{Short description|Extinct species of felid}}
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Puma pumoides
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|3.0|2.5}} Late Pliocene
| extinct = yes
| genus = Puma
| species = pumoides
| authority = (Castellanos, 1956)
| synonyms =
- Felis pumoides {{small|Castellanos, 1956}}
- Puma (Herpailurus) pumoides
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Puma pumoides is an extinct prehistoric cat that was described in 1956 by Alfredo Castellanos using the scientific name Felis pumoides. Castellanos excavated its fossil remains in the Reartes Valley located in the province of Córdoba, Argentina in a stratum called 'Brocherense bed', which probably dates to the Pliocene.{{cite book |author=Castellanos, A. |year=1956 |chapter=Nota preliminar sobre nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles en el Brocherense del Valle de Los Reartes (provincia de Córdoba, Argentina) |trans-chapter=Preliminary note on new remains of fossil mammals in the Brocherense of the Reartes Valley (Córdoba Province, Argentina) |title=XX Congreso Geológico Internacional (1956) |location=México |pages=217−233 |editor=Rojas, A. G.|doi=}}
Description
Fossil remains consisted of a maxilla, the orbital section of the frontal bone, a part of a mandible, a petrosal, a femur, a lumbar vertebrae, and a few parts of each a humerus, tibia, ulna, and radius. Because of the similarity of these holotype parts with the living jaguarundi, it was preliminarily subordinated to the genus Puma.{{cite journal |last1=Chimento|first1=N. R.|last2=Derguy|first2=M. R.|last3=Hemmer|first3=H. |year=2014 |title=Puma (Herpailurus) pumoides (Castellanos, 1958) nov. comb. Comentarios sistemáticos y registro fósil |journal=Serie Correlación Geológica |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=92−134 |url=http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1666-94792014000200002|doi=}}
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Category:Prehistoric mammals of South America
Category:Mammals described in 1956
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