| Pristifelis ↓ | |
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| Skull of Pristifelis attica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Felinae |
| Genus: | †Pristifelis Salesa et al., 2012 |
| Species: |
†P. attica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pristifelis attica (Wagner, 1857) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Felis attica Wagner, 1857 | |
Pristifelis is an extinct genus of feline from the late Miocene. It contains a single species, Pristifelis attica. The first fossil skull of P. attica was excavated near PikermiinAttica, Greece.[2] Fossils were also excavated near the Moldovan city of Taraclia.[3] It was also discovered in Maragheh, northwestern Iran.[4] P. attica was bigger in body size than a European wildcat but probably smaller than a serval. The species was first described as Felis atticabyJohann Andreas Wagner in 1857. Due to size differences, it was proposed as type species for the genus Pristifelis proposed in 2012.[5]
Pristifelis attica was formerly considered ancestral to Felis,[6] but is now considered ancestral to Felinae more broadly.[7]
The generic name Pristifelis is a combination of the Latin pristinus meaning "primitive", and felis meaning "cat".[5]
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