Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Full reference: G. Koufos. 2012. A new protictithere from the late Miocene hominoid locality Ravin de la Pluie of Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 86:219-229
Belongs to Protictitherium according to G. Koufos 2012
Sister taxa: Protictitherium cingulatum, Protictitherium crassum, Protictitherium gaillardi, Protictitherium llopisi, Protictitherium punicum
Type specimen: RPl-69, a maxilla (Right maxillary fragment with C-M2). Its type locality is Ravin de la Pluie, which is in a Vallesian terrestrial sandstone/gravel in the Nea Messimvria Formation of Greece.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ravin de la Pluie
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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