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Pliocrocuta

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy
Pliocrocuta was named by Kretzoi (1938). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hyaenidae by Werdelin and Solunias (1991), Geraads (1997) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010).

Species
P. perrieri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Pliocrocuta Kretzoi
1991Pliocrocuta Werdelin and Solunias
1997Pliocrocuta Geraads p. 134
2010Pliocrocuta Werdelin and Peigne p. 643

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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
genusPliocrocutaKretzoi 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. †Pliocrocuta Kretzoi 1938
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†Pliocrocuta perrieri Kretzoi 1938
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, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.20000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Crocuta sp. (39409) P. perrieri (39410 39411)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tajikistan P. perrieri (34444)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) Hyaena perrieri (44231)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Turkey P. perrieri (39322)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco P. perrieri (32052 32054)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania Hyaena perrieri (39846)
MN 163.2 - 2.588France Hyaena perrieri (47099 47100)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia Hyaena perrieri (41027)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne) Hyaena perrieri (47131)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Auvergne) Crocuta perrieri (42241)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (La Rioja) P. perrieri (189976)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence) Hyaena prisca (48889 48908 48912)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) P. perrieri (50196)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Garonne) Hyaena prisca (49089)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) P. perrieri (50199)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic P. perrieri (36214)