Lynx thomasi is an extinct fossil species of lynx. It was described in 1980 based on a lower jaw fossil found in Pleistocene-aged rock in Morocco.[1]

Lynx thomasi
Temporal range: middle Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Lynx
Species:
L. thomasi
Binomial name
Lynx thomasi
Geraads, 1980

References

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  1. ^ Geraads, Denis (1980). "Un nouveau felide (Fissipeda, Mammalia) du pleistocene moyen du Maroc: Lynx thomasi n. sp" [A new felid (Fissipeda, Mammalia) from the middle Pleistocene of Morocco: Lynx thomasi n. sp.]. Geobios (in French). 13 (3): 441–444. Bibcode:1980Geobi..13..441G. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(80)80079-9.