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Thalassictis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy
Thalassictis was named by Nordmann (1850) [in Gervais ]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hyaenidae by Kurtén (1982), Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Solunias (1991).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Thalassictis Nordmann
1859Palhyaena Gervais
1938Miohyaena Kretzoi
1982Thalassictis Kurtén pp. 1011-1015 figs. 1, 2
1988Miohyaena Carroll
1988Thalassictis Carroll
1991Thalassictis Werdelin and Solunias

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
genusThalassictisNordmann 1850

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. †Thalassictis Nordmann 1850
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Thalassictis certa Forsyth Major 1903
Thalassictis montadai Villalta and Crusafont Pairo 1943
Thalassictis proava Pilgrim 1932
Thalassictis robusta Gervais 1850
Thalassictis sarmatica Pavlow 1908
Thalassictis spelaea Semenov 1988
Thalassictis wongii Zdansky 1924
Invalid names: Miohyaena Kretzoi 1938 [synonym], Palhyaena Gervais 1859 [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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Spain (Catalonia) T. robusta (199537)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Moldova (Chișinău) T. robustum, T. sarmaticum (210590)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (Ningxia) Miohyaena sp. (42539)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) T. montadai (206345)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) T. montadai (75481)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos Island) T. wongii (205351)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Ictitherium sivalensis (40758)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) T. adroveri (35339)