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Lycyaena

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy
Lycyaena was named by Hensel (1863).

It was corrected as Lycaena by Werdelin and Peigne (2010).

It was assigned to Hyaenidae by Belyaeva (1948), Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Werdelin and Solunias (1991) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010).

Species
L. chaeretis, L. crusafonti, L. dubia, L. macrostoma
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. lunensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Lycyaena Hensel p. 567
1948Lycaena Belyaeva
1968Lycyaena Kurten p. 68
1988Lycyaena Carroll
1991Lycyaena Werdelin and Solunias
2010Lycaena Werdelin and Peigne p. 642

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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
genusLycyaenaHensel 1863

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. †Lycyaena Hensel 1863
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†Lycyaena chaeretis Gaudry 1861
†Lycyaena crusafonti Kurten 1976
†Lycyaena dubia Zdansky 1924
†Lycyaena macrostoma Lydekker 1884
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: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the MN 10 to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 9.70000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) L. parva (75794)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova L. choeretis, L. parva (75802)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Segovia) L. chaeretis (40768)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) L. sp. (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad L. sp. (24181)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Spain (Teruel) L. chaeretis (38345)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) L. sp. (35339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) L. lunensis (50274)