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Pachycrocuta (brown hyaena)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Pachycrocuta Kretzoi p. 118
1988Pachycrocuta Carroll
1991Pachycrocuta Werdelin and Solunias
2010Pachycrocuta Werdelin and Peigne p. 642
2017Pachycrocuta Medin et al. p. 28

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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
genusPachycrocutaKretzoi 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. 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]
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: 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
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene11.608 - 0.781Spain (Castellón) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (183092)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Pachycrocuta sp. (22274)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Tianjin) Hyaena sinensis (231233)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Pachycrocuta brevirostris (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Pachycrocuta brevirostris (22356)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Pachycrocuta sp. (22267)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.781South Africa Pachycrocuta brevirostris (21791)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Tajikistan (Zulfi) Pachycrocuta sp. (34434)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France Hyaena brevirostris (49306)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Tuscany) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (49240)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Pachycrocuta perrieri (21785)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Hebei) Hyaena sinensis (231023)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene3.6 - 0.126Indonesia (Java) Hyaena brevirostris (13304)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Fejer) Pachycrocuta robusta (35374)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Italy (Pisa) Pachycrocuta perrieri (44089)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Castellon) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34929)
Villanyian - Pleistocene3.2 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Pliohyaena brevirostris (34617)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Spain (Granada) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (77773)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (central Macedonia ) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (197943)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece Pachycrocuta brevirostris (202122)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) Pachycrocuta licenti (68380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Mongolia Hyaena brevirostris (71060)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Foggia) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (40994 40999 41005 41007)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) Hyaena brevirostris (40266)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Georgia Pachycrocuta perrieri (56733)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Hebei) Pachycrocuta licenti (197069)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Mygdonia) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (200084)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China Pachycrocuta sp. (51471)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia Hyaena brevirostris (93522)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Tuscany) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (44146)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Granada) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34898)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Gansu) Pachycrocuta paleosinensis (190068)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (188674)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Hyaena spelaea (50342)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guangxi) Pachycrocuta licenti (230325)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Kazakhstan Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34446)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Auvergne) Hyaena brevirostris (47828)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Kyrgyzstan Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34447)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Hyaena brevirostris (39848) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (39847)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.126China (Sichuan) Hyaena sinensis (226365)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Kozani) Hyaena brevirostris (34764)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Georgia Crocuta sinensis (40398)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan (Pabbi Hills) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (189000)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Yunnan) Hyaena licenti (36586 36587)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Tajikistan Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34104)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34127)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (22728)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France Pachycrocuta brevirostris (34459)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Czech Republic Pachycrocuta sp. (36219)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Germany (Bayern) Pachycrocuta brevirostris, Hyaena brevirostris (36220)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126China (Liaoning) Pachycrocuta brevirostris (230980)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Italy (Trieste) Hyaena crocuta (40808)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126China (Guizhou) Hyaena sinensis, Hyaena licenti (51100)