Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Synonym: Hyena [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Hyaenidae according to L. Werdelin and N. Solunias 1991
See also Böhme et al. 2017, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Koufos 2012, Roussiakis and Theodorou 2003 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Crocuta, Euryboas, Hyaena, Hyaenictis, Hyaenictitherium, Hyaeninae, Hyaenotherium, Ictitheriinae, Ictitherium, Ikelohyaena, Leecyaena, Lepthyaena, Lycaena, Lycyaena, Lycyaenops, Mesoviverrops, Miohyaenotherium, Pachycrocuta, Palinhyaena, Parahyaena, Pliocrocuta, Plioviverrops, Proteles, Protoviverrops, Thalassictis, Tongxinictis, Tungurictis, Gansuyaena
Subtaxa: Adcrocuta eximia
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of South Africa (2 collections)
• Miocene of Afghanistan (1), Bulgaria (5), China (5), France (2), Georgia (2), Greece (11), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Romania (1), Spain (1), Turkey (4), Ukraine (1)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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