A NEW FOSSIL OF MIRACINONYX INEXPECTATUS FROM THE HAILLE QUARRIES IN ALAHACHUA COUNTY, FLORIDA

One of the least familiar but most interesting of large fossil cats is the American cheetah. Their fossils are known from a variety of states and Canadian provinces and each new fossil and new locality gives us a better understanding of this cat. Here, we report on a fossil found in the 1970’s that was identified as a metatarsal of a saber cat from the Haille Quarries in Florida. Comparisons with the literature and other fossil cat pedal elements reveal the fossil to be comparable only with Miracinonyx inexpectatus.