Steph’S Extinct Animals Chapter 3: Quercylurus major

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/q/quercylurus.html

• Called the ‘Quercy Cat’ from the phosphorites (phosphate rock) in which it’s fossils were found in, in the former province of France, Quercy. 
• Quercylurus were carnivores
• Were around in the Oligocene period
• Mainly native to Europe, particularly what is now France
• They were around 3m long
• They were 1m high at the shoulder
• They weighed 230-400kgs
• It was unusually giant in comparison to other species in the same family. (The nimravid family)
• Classified as a ‘false sabre-tooth’cat
• They are not considered to be a relative of the true cat family but as instead classified as a ‘cat-like carnivore’

References:

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/q/quercylurus.html

https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Quercylurus-major

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/articles/false-sabre-toothed-cats-the-nimravids-and-barbourofelids.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feliformia