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Taxonomy
Hyaena abronia was named by Hendey (1974). Its type specimen is L 14186, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 'E' Quarry, which is in a Pliocene cave sandstone in the Varswater Formation of South Africa.
It was recombined as Ikelohyaena abronia by Werdelin and Solunias (1991).
It was recombined as Ikelohyaena abronia by Werdelin and Solunias (1991).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1974 | Hyaena abronia Hendey p. 103 |
| 1991 | Ikelohyaena abronia Werdelin and Solunias |
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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.
†Ikelohyaena abronia Hendey 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 7.24600 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | Ikelohyaena abronia (22241) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Hyaena abronia (59167) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Kenya | Ikelohyaena abronia (230936) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | Hyaena abronia (22221) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Kenya | Ikelohyaena abronia (22235) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | Hyaena abronia (type locality: 21713) |