Hyaena salonicae Andrews 1918 (hyaena)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1918. Note on some fossil mammals from Salonica and Imbros. Geological Magazine 6(5):540-543

Belongs to Hyaena according to C. W. Andrews 1918

Sister taxa: Hyaena donnezani, Hyaena gigantea, Hyaena gigantea, Hyaena hipparionum, Hyaena hyaena, Hyaena macrostoma, Hyaena makapani, Hyaena perrieri, Hyaena prisca

Type specimen: NHML-DVT-M.11413 , a maxilla (right maxillary fragment with P2–P4). Its type locality is Diavata, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Greece.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Diavata

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