American Lion Disarticulated Skeleton Replica
$17,000.00
The jaw possesses thick bone deposition at the chin symphysis, showing a specialized ability to shatter the necks of massive ice-age megafauna animal.
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Description
American Lion Disarticulated Skeleton Replica for Felinology
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.
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The American lion is an extinct pantherine cat that lived in North America during the Pleistocene epoch about 340,000 to 11,000 years ago. Its fossils have been excavated from Alaska to Mexico.
Panthera atrox is estimated to have measured 5 ft. 3 in. to 8 ft. 2 in. from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail and stood 3.9 feet. at the shoulder. It was estimated to weigh up to 930 lbs.
About 80 American lion individuals have been recovered from the La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles, so their morphology is well known.
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 that were required to take down the heavy-bodied saber-toothed cat, dire wolf, and Harlan’s ground sloth that all went extinct roughly 11,000 years ago during the Quaternary extinction event.
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| Weight | 75 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 90.0 × 29.8 × 40.0 in |
