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Dinocrocuta

Mammalia - Carnivora - Percrocutidae

Taxonomy
Dinocrocuta was named by Schmidt-Kittler (1976).

It was assigned to Percrocutidae by Werdelin and Peigne (2010) and Koufos (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Dinocrocuta Schmidt-Kittler
2010Dinocrocuta Werdelin and Peigne p. 637
2012Dinocrocuta Koufos p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyPercrocutidaeWerdelin and Solounias 1991
genusDinocrocutaSchmidt-Kittler 1976

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Dinocrocuta Schmidt-Kittler 1976
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†Dinocrocuta algeriensis Arambourg 1959
†Dinocrocuta gigantea Schlosser 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:31:06
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:31:06
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 10 to the top of the MN 11 or 9.70000 to 7.75000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece (Central Macedonia) D. gigantea (202119)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (shaanxi) D. gigantea, Crocuta macrodonta (42254)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece D. sp. (195490)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (Shaanxi) D. sp. (42269)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (Gansu) D. sp. (42257)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Hyaena algeriensis (136913)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Gansu) D. gigantea (236747)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria Percrocuta algeriensis (34643)
MN 10 - MN 119.7 - 7.75China (Shaanxi) D. gigantea (78319 78323 78326)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Gansu) Percrocuta gigantea (42675)