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Hyaenictis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy
Hyaenictis was named by Gaudry (1861). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hyaeninae by Ginsburg (1977); and to Hyaenidae by Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Werdelin and Solunias (1991), Werdelin and Peigne (2010) and Koufos (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Hyaenictis Gaudry
1968Hyaenictis Kurten p. 68
1977Hyaenictis Ginsburg p. 231
1988Hyaenictis Carroll
1991Hyaenictis Werdelin and Solunias
2010Hyaenictis Werdelin and Peigne p. 642
2012Hyaenictis Koufos p. 54

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
genusHyaenictisGaudry 1861

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. †Hyaenictis Gaudry 1861
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Hyaenictis almerai Villalta and Crusafont Pairo 1945
Hyaenictis graeca Gaudry 1861
Hyaenictis hendeyi Werdelin et al. 1994
Hyaenictis preforfex Hendey 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available