[1] Prionailurus kurteni was described based on a single specimen, IVPP V33075, a partial mandible with two teeth.

The specimen was found in the late Middle Pleistocene locality Hualongdong Cave No.

I Homo Site in Anhui Province, China.

[1] The specific name kurteni honors paleontologist Björn Kurtén.

[1] The holotype of P. kurteni is a partial mandible with the fourth premolar and first molar intact.