![]() ![]() 2014), which is the largest skull from any Felidae on record, I obtained a body mass of 418.4 kg, with posible minimum and maximums of 394.3 kg and 441.5 kg, depending of what specimens we use. Now, in a recent post in the cave "lion" topic ( - post 213), using the isometrical equation of Sorkin (2008) and Christiansen & Harris (2009), but only with the method suggested by Sorkin (2008 using only the largest/average specimens from certain species) with the largest specimen reported from Panthera fossilis which is 484.7 mm Chateau skull (Marciszak et al. The other one that probably reached similar body masses were the largest specimens of Panthera spelaea from the transition phase. In a previous post, don't remember where, I estimated that the only cat that probably weighed about 400 kg, or maybe more, was Panthera fossilis, based in the huge skulls found of this species. But its possible than the largest specimens of Panthera fossilis could touch or even exceed a little bit 400 kg GuateGojira you are good in weight calculations, do you have dimentions and data of the skeletons of the gigantic specimens of Panthera fossilis found not long ago in Northern Russia (Ural), what are your weight estimations? (11-02-2018, 04:58 AM)Wolverine Wrote: Yes, most probably Panthera atrox has never exceeded 400 kg. ![]() Thus 360 cm lenght is anything but absurd. ![]() If the cat's body size is 250 cm, and if we add a tail of one meter, as the extant lions have, we have a lenght of 350 cm. However, taking notice of all I have read about American lion, I think that 300-350 kilos is a reasonable figure. I have to say that I have never believed to a more-than-450-kilo lion. So depending of the length of the tail, which is very variable even in modern great cats, a lenght of 360 cm is not out of question.Īgree. The head-body length estimated for the largest specimen is of 250 cm (straigh or along the curves? it not known). Neff made a good estimation of the maximum total length for the largest Panthera atrox. The best calculations on this animal estimate a maximum weight of c.360 kg, which make sense if we take in count that the heaviest modern tigers and lions captured/hunted in the wild had a maximum weight of 250-260 kg, "empty belly", not fat and not cattle-eaters. These weights are known to be gross exagerations and Dr Christiansen prove it very good in his document of 2005 (about the body mass of Smilodon) sadly in this days some documents still quote those erroneous figures. *This image is copyright of its original authorĪbout the book of Dr Patterson: That book was made in 2004 (is an excelent one, byt he way), and those mass estimations of 340 - 522 kg came from the calculations made by Dr Anyonge in 1993. ![]()
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