Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parent taxon: Hyaenidae according to G. D. Koufos 2012
See also Carroll 1988, Ginsburg 1977, Kurten 1968, Werdelin and Peigne 2010 and Werdelin and Solunias 1991
Sister taxa: Adcrocuta, Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Crocuta, Euryboas, Hyaena, 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: Hyaenictis almerai Hyaenictis graeca Hyaenictis hendeyi Hyaenictis preforfex
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Kenya (2), South Africa (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Greece (4), Kenya (3), Morocco (1), Spain (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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