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Post by ambulocetus on Oct 3, 2009 3:10:05 GMT
Here is a link showing a picture of a European cavelion. According to the artist, and other sources, the cave lion, Panthera Spalea, may have been an entirely separate species (not a subspecies)from Panthera Leo. It may have in fact had shared characterics of tigers and lions, and may have been an ancestral cousin to both species. Cave paintings that indicate the animals did indeed have faint stripes supports this suggestion. Does anyone have any thoughts? jagroar.deviantart.com/art/Eurasian-Cave-Lion-103491077
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Post by crypto1 on Oct 3, 2009 12:48:40 GMT
Unfortunately, one of the shortcomings of this forum is that it is difficult to find previous discussions of similar threads. At the bottom of page two of the one noted below, "The 'Secret' Schleich Prehistoric Mammal," I talked about cave lion, P.spelaea, and the related American lion, Panthera atrox, in terms of the background for replicas, here: dinotoyforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=games&thread=1798&page=2sharing this image: Panthera atrox, shown 25% larger than the modern lion, in this art by natural history illustrator Carl Buell, shared by fair use, for intellectual commentary only. Compared to various European prehistoric cave art of cave lions:
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Post by Griffin on Oct 3, 2009 15:12:40 GMT
Here is a link showing a picture of a European cavelion. According to the artist, and other sources, the cave lion, Panthera Spalea, may have been an entirely separate species (not a subspecies)from Panthera Leo. It may have in fact had shared characterics of tigers and lions, and may have been an ancestral cousin to both species. Cave paintings that indicate the animals did indeed have faint stripes supports this suggestion. Does anyone have any thoughts? jagroar.deviantart.com/art/Eurasian-Cave-Lion-103491077That is a very pretty drawing.
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Post by ambulocetus on Oct 3, 2009 23:21:07 GMT
P. Atrox seems like a scaled version of an African lion.
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Post by crypto1 on Oct 4, 2009 1:34:44 GMT
P. atrox, yes, may have been a scaled up version of the lion, found in Europe, Africa, and India.
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