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Pachycrocuta brevirostris

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy
Hyaena brevirostris was named by Gervais (1850).

It was recombined as Pachycrocuta brevirostris by Werdelin and Solunias (1991) and Medin et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Hyaena brevirostris Gervais
1870Hyaena sinensis Owen
1889Hyaena robusta Weithofer
1968Hyaena brevirostris Kurten p. 65
1991Pachycrocuta brevirostris Werdelin and Solunias
2017Pachycrocuta brevirostris Medin et al. p. 28

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyHyaenidae
genusPachycrocutaKretzoi 1938
speciesbrevirostris(Gervais 1850)

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.

Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850
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Invalid names: Hyaena robusta Weithofer 1889 [synonym], Hyaena sinensis Owen 1870 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:23:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.20000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene11.608 - 0.781Spain (Castellón) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (183092)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Tianjin) Hyaena sinensis (231233)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Pachycrocuta brevirostris (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Pachycrocuta brevirostris (22356)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa Pachycrocuta brevirostris (21791)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Tuscany) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (49240)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France Hyaena brevirostris (49306)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Hebei) Hyaena sinensis (231023)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene3.6 - 0.129Indonesia (Java) Hyaena brevirostris (13304)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Castellon) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34929)
Villanyian - Pleistocene3.2 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Pliohyaena brevirostris (34617)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Spain (Granada) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (77773)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (188674)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Tuscany) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (44146)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Kyrgyzstan Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34447)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Granada) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34898)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guanxi) Hyaena brevirostris (230994)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece Pachycrocuta brevirostris (202122)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) Hyaena brevirostris (40266)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Foggia) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (40994 40999 41005 41007)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Auvergne) Hyaena brevirostris (47828)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Mongolia Hyaena brevirostris (71060)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Hyaena spelaea (50342)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Kazakhstan Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34446)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (central Macedonia ) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (197943)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Georgia Pachycrocuta perrieri (56733)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Mygdonia) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (200084)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Hyaena brevirostris (39848) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (39847)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia Hyaena brevirostris (93522)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129China (Sichuan) Hyaena sinensis (226365)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Kozani) Hyaena brevirostris (34764)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan (Pabbi Hills) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (189000)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Georgia Crocuta sinensis (40398)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Tajikistan Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34104)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34459)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (22728)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34127)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guizhou) Hyaena sinensis (51100)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Pachycrocuta brevirostris, Hyaena brevirostris (36220)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Hyaena crocuta (40808)