The American lion was the largest extinct cat to live in North America during the last ice age, according to the National Park Service. Known by its scientific name, Panthera atrox, meaning ...

Drought Reveals Rare American Lion Fossil in Dried-Up Mississippi River ... The big cats prowled throughout North America during the Pleistocene, first appearing at least 340,000 years ago, ...

“The extinct American Lion was first discovered in Natchez, Mississippi in the 1830s. No one knew that giant lions roamed North America until this famous Mississippi discovery,” she says.

"I just couldn't believe it. It was hitting the fossil lottery. "The American lion was the largest extinct cat to live in North America during the last ice age, according to the National Park Service.

“The extinct American Lion was first discovered in Natchez, Mississippi in the 1830s. No one knew that giant lions roamed North America until this famous Mississippi discovery,” she says.

Historically low Mississippi River reveals rare Ice Age jaw fossil of American lion, which died out 11,000 years ago. National Rare fossil of huge American lion found on just-uncovered ...

“The extinct American Lion was first discovered in Natchez, Mississippi in the 1830s. No one knew that giant lions roamed North America until this famous Mississippi discovery,” she says.

“The extinct American Lion was first discovered in Natchez, Mississippi in the 1830s. No one knew that giant lions roamed North America until this famous Mississippi discovery,” she says.