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Hyaenictis

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy
Hyaenictis was named by Gaudry (1861). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hyaeninae by Ginsburg (1977); and to Hyaenidae by Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Werdelin and Solunias (1991), Werdelin and Peigne (2010), Koufos (2012).

Species
H. almerai, H. graeca, H. hendeyi, H. preforfex
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. almerae, H. eximia, H. forfex

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Hyaenictis Gaudry
1968Hyaenictis Kurten p. 68
1977Hyaenictis Ginsburg p. 231
1988Hyaenictis Carroll
1991Hyaenictis Werdelin and Solunias
2010Hyaenictis Werdelin and Peigne p. 642
2012Hyaenictis Koufos p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyHyaenidae
genusHyaenictisGaudry 1861

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. †Hyaenictis Gaudry 1861
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†Hyaenictis almerai Villalta and Crusafont Pairo 1945
†Hyaenictis graeca Gaudry 1861
†Hyaenictis hendeyi Werdelin et al. 1994
†Hyaenictis preforfex Hendey 1974
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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Astaracian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Astaracian15.98 - 11.63Morocco (Tadla-Azilal) H. graeca (48630)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Catalonia) H. almerae (176268)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Greece H. sp. (191070)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Kenya H. sp. (230935)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Attica) H. graeca (182754)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya H. sp. (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia H. sp. (22139)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Samos Island) H. eximia (205351)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Samos) H. eximia (43007)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya H. sp. (70365)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya H. sp. (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) H. preforfex (59167)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya H. hendeyi (230936)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya H. sp. (22235)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa (Langebaanweg) H. preforfex (21713)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa H. forfex (21824)