Adcrocuta Kretzoi 1938 (hyaena)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Synonym: Hyena [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Hyaenidae according to L. Werdelin and N. Solunias 1991

See also Böhme et al. 2017, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Koufos 2012, Roussiakis and Theodorou 2003 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010

Sister taxa: Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Crocuta, Euryboas, Hyaena, Hyaenictis, Hyaenictitherium, Hyaeninae, Hyaenotherium, Ictitheriinae, Ictitherium, Ikelohyaena, Leecyaena, Lepthyaena, Lycaena, Lycyaena, Lycyaenops, Mesoviverrops, Miohyaenotherium, Pachycrocuta, Palinhyaena, Parahyaena, Pliocrocuta, Plioviverrops, Proteles, Protoviverrops, Thalassictis, Tongxinictis, Tungurictis, Gansuyaena

Subtaxa: Adcrocuta eximia

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of South Africa (2 collections)

• Miocene of Afghanistan (1), Bulgaria (5), China (5), France (2), Georgia (2), Greece (11), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Romania (1), Spain (1), Turkey (5), Ukraine (1)

Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence

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