Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Synonym: Xenohyaena Kretzoi 1938
Full reference: M. Kretzoi. 1938. Die raubtiere von Gombaszög nebst einer undersicht der gesamtfauna (ein beitrag zur stratigraphie des altquartars). Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici pars mineralogica, geologica, paleontologica 31:88-157
Parent taxon: Hyaenidae according to L. Werdelin and B. Kurtén 1999
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Adcrocuta, 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: Allohyaena kadici
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Germany (1), Hungary (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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