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Dinocrocuta gigantea

Mammalia - Carnivora - Percrocutidae

Taxonomy
Dinocrocuta gigantea was named by Schlosser (1903).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Dinocrocuta gigantea Schlosser pp. 46-47

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—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
speciesgigantea

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.

†Dinocrocuta gigantea Schlosser 1903
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MN 10 to the top of the MN 11 or 9.67000 to 7.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725China (shaanxi) Dinocrocuta gigantea (42254)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Greece (Central Macedonia) Dinocrocuta gigantea (202119)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Gansu) Dinocrocuta gigantea (236747)
MN 10 - MN 119.67 - 7.9China (Shaanxi) Dinocrocuta gigantea (78319 78323 78326)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09China (Gansu) Percrocuta gigantea (42675)