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Thalassictis wongii

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy

Thalassictis wongii was named by Zdansky (1924).

It was recombined as Hyaenotherium wongii by Werdelin and Solounias (1991), Werdelin and Solunias (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

T. hyaenoides

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1924	Thalassictis wongii Zdansky
1991	Hyaenotherium wongii Werdelin and Solounias p. 33
1991	Hyaenotherium wongii Werdelin and Solunias

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
—	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora
suborder	Feliformia	Kretzoi 1945
—	Aeluroidea	Flower 1869
infraorder	Viverroidea	Gray 1821
family	Hyaenidae
genus	Thalassictis	Nordmann 1850
species	wongii	Zdansky 1924

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.

†Thalassictis wongii Zdansky 1924

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the MN 9 to the top of the Turolian or 11.10000 to 5.09000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
MN 9 - MN 10	11.1 - 8.725	Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg)	Thalassictis wongii (22681)
Turolian	8.725 - 5.09	Greece (Samos Island)	Thalassictis wongii (205351)