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Panthera leo spelaea is a fossil cat belonging to the genus Panthera, which was described by the German paleontologist Georg August Goldfuss in 1810 under the scientific name Felis spelea. The first fossil lion skull was excavated in a cave in southern Germany. It probably dates to the Würm glaciation.

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4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera leo spelaea

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