American Lion Disarticulated Skeleton Replica

Description

American lion disarticulated skeleton replica measures 90.0 × 29.8 × 40.0 inches. Panthera atrox skeleton is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation, Page Museum specimen. 1:1 scale. Made in USA.

Important Production and Shipping Notice

This museum-quality replica is made to order. It requires additional time for casting. Please call our customer service team at 1-509-951-3557 to check current availability and turnaround times. Additional shipping charges may apply. Please contact our sales team for a personalized shipping quote to your location.

The American lion is an extinct big cat that lived in North America. It roamed during the Pleistocene epoch about 340,000 to 11,000 years ago. People have dug up its fossils from Alaska all the way to Mexico. Experts estimate this massive predator measured 5.3 to 8.2 feet long from nose to tail. It stood about 3.9 feet tall at the shoulder.

This ancient feline weighed up to 930 pounds. Workers have recovered about 80 individual skeletons from the La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles, California. Because of these discoveries, scientists know the bone structure of this giant cat very well.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Carnivora
• Suborder: Feliformia
• Family: Felidae
• Subfamily: Pantherinae
• Genus: Panthera
• Species: †P. atrox
• Binomial name: †Panthera atrox
• Conservation Status: Extinct

This massive American lion showcases the powerful jaw mechanics. It used this strength to conquer heavy prey before the Quaternary extinction event. It competed directly against the saber-toothed cat skeleton replica, the dire wolf skeleton replica. It also hunted giant besast like the Harlan’s ground sloth skeleton replica. All of these ancient animals went extincet roughly 11,000 years ago. that all went extinct roughly 11,000 years ago during the Quaternary extinction event.