Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parent taxon: Hyaenidae according to T. Medin et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, Werdelin and Peigne 2010 and Werdelin and Solunias 1991
Sister taxa: Adcrocuta, Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Crocuta, Euryboas, Hyaena, Hyaenictis, Hyaenictitherium, Hyaeninae, Hyaenotherium, Ictitheriinae, Ictitherium, Ikelohyaena, Leecyaena, Lepthyaena, Lycaena, Lycyaena, Lycyaenops, Mesoviverrops, Miohyaenotherium, Palinhyaena, Parahyaena, Pliocrocuta, Plioviverrops, Proteles, Protoviverrops, Thalassictis, Tongxinictis, Tungurictis, Gansuyaena
Subtaxa: Pachycrocuta bellax Pachycrocuta brevirostris Pachycrocuta licenti
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), China (10), the Czech Republic (1), France (3), Georgia (2), Germany (2), Greece (4), Indonesia (1), Italy (6), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (1), Pakistan (2), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), Tajikistan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), France (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), South Africa (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Pliocene of China (1), Ethiopia (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Kenya (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Spain (1)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 59 collections including 61 occurrences
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