Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parent taxon: Hyaenidae according to L. Werdelin and S. Peigne 2010
See also Geraads 1997 and Werdelin and Solunias 1991
Sister taxa: Adcrocuta, Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Crocuta, Euryboas, Hyaena, Hyaenictis, Hyaeninae, Hyaenotherium, Ictitheriinae, Ictitherium, Ikelohyaena, Leecyaena, Lepthyaena, Lycaena, Lycyaena, Lycyaenops, Mesoviverrops, Miohyaenotherium, Pachycrocuta, Palinhyaena, Parahyaena, Pliocrocuta, Plioviverrops, Proteles, Protoviverrops, Thalassictis, Tongxinictis, Tungurictis, Gansuyaena
Subtaxa: Hyaenictitherium barbarum Hyaenictitherium hyaenoides Hyaenictitherium intuberculatum Hyaenictitherium minimum Hyaenictitherium namaquensis Hyaenictitherium parvum Hyaenictitherium pilgrimi Hyaenictitherium wongi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Kenya (1 collection), Morocco (2)
• MN 13 of China (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1)
• Miocene of Chad (1), China (2), Greece (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (1), Libya (2), Ukraine (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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