Cave Lion, Cave Lion
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: European Region
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Quaternary - Pleistocene
label: Notes
content: This tooth is from a European Cave Lion, an extinct land mammal found in Eurasia and large carnivorous feline from the Middle Pleistocene, commonly referred to as the Ice Age (781,000 to 126,000 years ago). The Cave Lion is considered a subspecies of one of its still living family members, the lion (Panthera leo), which means it most likely used teeth like this one to hunt other animals. This tooth is about 1.5cm thick and measures around 3cm x 4cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Oct 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Cavern de valo, Europe, Italy
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Panthera leo spelaea
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO50408
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Eutheria, Carnivora, Feliformia, Felidae, Pantherinae