Hyaenotherium
| Hyaenotherium | |
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| Hyaenotherium hyaeneides mandible | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Subfamily: | †Ictitheriinae |
| Genus: | † Semenov, 1989 |
| Type species | |
| †Hyaenotherium wongii (Zdansky, 1924)
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Hyaenotherium is an extinct genus of hyaenids that lived in Eurasia and Africa during the Late Miocene.[1][2] The type species, H. wongii, was one of the most numerous Eurasian hyaenids. More than 100 specimens of H. wongii have been discovered in China.[2] H. ebu from Lothagam, Kenya, differs from the type species by its limbs which are longer and significantly thinner.[1]
Some authors argue that Hyaenotherium is a junior synonym of Hyaenictitherium (Kretzoi, 1938).[3][4]
Resources
- ^ a b Semenov, Y. (2008). "Taxonomical reappraisal of "ictitheres" (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Late Miocene of Kenya". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 7 (8): 529. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2008.09.012.
- ^ a b Werdelin, Lars; Solounias, Nikos (1991). "The Hyaenidae: taxonomy, systematics, and evolution". Fossils and Strata. 30: 1–104. doi:10.18261/8200374815-1991-01. ISBN 82-00-37481-5.
- ^ Kargopoulos, Nikolaos; Kampouridis, Panagiotis; Hartung, Josephina; Böhme, Madelaine (2023). "Hyaenid remains from the Late Miocene of Kutschwan (Shanxi Province, China)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 97: 653–666. doi:10.1007/s12542-023-00658-6.
- ^ Kargopoulos, Nikolaos; Valenciano, Alberto; Kampouridis, Panagiotis; Vasile, Ştefan; Ursachi, Laurenţiu; Răţoi, Bogdan (2024). "The carnivoran record from the Neogene of eastern Romania". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 130 (2): 331–371. doi:10.54103/2039-4942/22194.