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Percrocutidae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Percrocutidae

Taxonomy
Percrocutidae was named by Werdelin and Solounias (1991). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Carnivora by Pickford et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Percrocutidae Werdelin and Solounias
2000Percrocutidae Pickford et al. p. 260

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—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
familyPercrocutidaeWerdelin and Solounias 1991

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.

Fm. †Percrocutidae Werdelin and Solounias 1991
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G. †Dinocrocuta Schmidt-Kittler 1976
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†Dinocrocuta algeriensis Arambourg 1959
†Dinocrocuta gigantea Schlosser 1903
G. †Percrocuta Kretzoi 1938
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†Percrocuta australis Hendey 1974
†Percrocuta carnifex Pilgrim 1913
†Percrocuta hebeiensis Chen and Wu 1976
†Percrocuta miocenica Pavlovic and Thenius 1965
†Percrocuta primordialis Qiu and Cao 1988
†Percrocuta tobieni Crusafont-Pairo and Aguirre 1971
†Percrocuta xixiaensis Xiong 2023
G. †Pseudailurus Gervais 1848
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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Orleanian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Spain (Madrid) Pseudailurus lorteti (40747)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Bosnia and Herzegovina Percrocuta miocenica (198251)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Pseudailurus quadridentatus, Pseudailurus lorteti, Pseudailurus turnauensis (32191)
Astaracian15.97 - 11.608Serbia and Montenegro (Toplica) Percrocuta miocenica (236048)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Saudi Arabia Percrocuta sp. (41818)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Percrocuta tungurensis (28781)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya Percrocuta tobieni (224389)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (Ningxia) Percrocuta primordialis (42539)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya (Central Nyanza) Percrocuta sp., Percrocuta tobieni (21340)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Moldova (Chișinău) Percrocuta robusta (210536)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Russian Federation (Stavropol) Percrocuta abessalomi, Pseudailurus sp. (56738)
MN 613.65 - 12.75China (Gansu) Percrocuta tungurensis (71105)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Kenya Percrocuta leakeyi (219711)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece (Central Macedonia) Dinocrocuta gigantea (202119)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (Gansu) Dinocrocuta sp. (42257)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (Shaanxi) Dinocrocuta sp. (42269)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece Dinocrocuta sp. (195490)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Segovia) Pseudailurus quadridentatus (40768)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (shaanxi) Dinocrocuta gigantea, Crocuta macrodonta (42254)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey Percrocuta senyureki (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Hyaena algeriensis (136913)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria Percrocuta algeriensis (34643)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Hebei) Percrocuta hebeiensis (38674)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Gansu) Dinocrocuta gigantea (236747)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Pseudailurus lorteti, Pseudailurus turnauensis (75481)
MN 10 - MN 119.7 - 7.75China (Shaanxi) Dinocrocuta gigantea (78319 78323 78326)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Percrocuta eximia (37789)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Gansu) Percrocuta gigantea (42675)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Libya Percrocuta eximia (96992) Percrocuta senyureki (102369 102374)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Percrocuta australis (59167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia Percrocuta sp. (21754)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) Percrocuta australis (21713)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Percrocuta sp. (21783 21785)