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Hyaenictitherium

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Hyaenictitherium Kretzoi
1991Hyaenictitherium Werdelin and Solunias
1997Hyaenictitherium Geraads p. 136
2010Hyaenictitherium Werdelin and Peigne p. 642

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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
genusHyaenictitheriumKretzoi 1938

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. †Hyaenictitherium Kretzoi 1938
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†Hyaenictitherium barbarum Geraads 1997
†Hyaenictitherium minimum de Bonis et al. 2005
†Hyaenictitherium parvum Khomenko 1914
†Hyaenictitherium pilgrimi Werdelin and Solunias 1991
†Hyaenictitherium wongi Koufos 2000
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 7.24600 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Gansu) H. wongii (231009)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Italy (Cuneo) H. sp. (175903)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya H. parvum (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia H. sp. (22139)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Kazakhstan H. hyaenoides (34436)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Makedonia Thraki) H. wongii (157582)
MN 127.9 - 6.965Ukraine (Odessa) H. venator (167995)
MN 12 - MN 137.9 - 5.09China (Shaanxi) H. wongi (78328)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad H. hyaenoides (59839)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Libya H. sp. (28309 102376)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya H. parvum (22242)
MN 13 - MN 146.965 - 4.16China (Gansu) H. wongii (77790)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya H. namaquensis (230936)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Morocco H. barbarum (32052 32054)