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Taxonomy
Pachycrocuta was named by Kretzoi (1938). It is extant.
It was assigned to Hyaenidae by Carroll (1988), Werdelin and Solunias (1991), Werdelin and Peigne (2010) and Medin et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Hyaenidae by Carroll (1988), Werdelin and Solunias (1991), Werdelin and Peigne (2010) and Medin et al. (2017).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1938 | Pachycrocuta Kretzoi p. 118 |
1988 | Pachycrocuta Carroll |
1991 | Pachycrocuta Werdelin and Solunias |
2010 | Pachycrocuta Werdelin and Peigne p. 642 |
2017 | Pachycrocuta Medin et al. p. 28 |
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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. Pachycrocuta Kretzoi 1938 [brown hyaena]
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†Pachycrocuta bellax Ewer 1954
†Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850
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Invalid names: Hyaena robusta Weithofer 1889 [synonym], Hyaena sinensis Owen 1870 [synonym]
†Pachycrocuta licenti Pei 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.12600 Ma
Collections (59 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Castellón) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (183092) | |
Messinian | Kenya | Pachycrocuta sp. (22274) | |
Pliocene | China (Tianjin) | Hyaena sinensis (231233) | |
Pliocene | Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (39409) | |
Pliocene | South Africa | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (22356) | |
Zanclean - Pliocene | Kenya | Pachycrocuta sp. (22267) | |
Pliocene - Calabrian | South Africa | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (21791) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Tajikistan (Zulfi) | Pachycrocuta sp. (34434) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | France | Hyaena brevirostris (49306) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Tuscany) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (49240) | |
Piacenzian | Ethiopia | Pachycrocuta perrieri (21785) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hebei) | Hyaena sinensis (231023) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene | Indonesia (Java) | Hyaena brevirostris (13304) | |
Villanyian | Hungary (Fejer) | Pachycrocuta robusta (35374) | |
Villanyian | Italy (Pisa) | Pachycrocuta perrieri (44089) | |
Villanyian | Spain (Castellon) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34929) | |
Villanyian - Pleistocene | Greece (Macedonia) | Pliohyaena brevirostris (34617) | |
Gelasian | Spain (Granada) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (77773) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (central Macedonia ) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (197943) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (202122) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Anhui) | Pachycrocuta licenti (68380) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Mongolia | Hyaena brevirostris (71060) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Foggia) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (40994 40999 41005 41007) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) | Hyaena brevirostris (40266) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Georgia | Pachycrocuta perrieri (56733) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hebei) | Pachycrocuta licenti (197069) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Mygdonia) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (200084) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China | Pachycrocuta sp. (51471) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indonesia | Hyaena brevirostris (93522) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Tuscany) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (44146) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34898) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Gansu) | Pachycrocuta paleosinensis (190068) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (188674) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | France (Alpes Maritimes) | Hyaena spelaea (50342) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Guangxi) | Pachycrocuta licenti (230325) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Murcia) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34911) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Kazakhstan | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34446) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | France (Auvergne) | Hyaena brevirostris (47828) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Kyrgyzstan | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34447) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania | Hyaena brevirostris (39848) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (39847) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | China (Sichuan) | Hyaena sinensis (226365) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Pleistocene | Greece (Kozani) | Hyaena brevirostris (34764) | |
Pleistocene | Georgia | Crocuta sinensis (40398) | |
Pleistocene | Pakistan (Pabbi Hills) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (189000) | |
Pleistocene | China (Yunnan) | Hyaena licenti (36586 36587) | |
Pleistocene | Tajikistan | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34104) | |
Pleistocene | Belgium | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34127) | |
Pleistocene | Germany (Thuringia) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (22728) | |
Pleistocene | France | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34459) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Czech Republic | Pachycrocuta sp. (36219) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Bayern) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris, Hyaena brevirostris (36220) | |
Middle Pleistocene | China (Liaoning) | Pachycrocuta brevirostris (230980) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Trieste) | Hyaena crocuta (40808) | |
Middle Pleistocene | China (Guizhou) | Hyaena sinensis, Hyaena licenti (51100) |