Biology:Crocuta eturono
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Short description: Extinct species of hyena in the genus Crocuta
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Genus: | Crocuta |
| Species: | †C. eturono
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| Binomial name | |
| †Crocuta eturono Werdelin and Lewis, 2008
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Crocuta eturono is an extinct species of hyena in the genus Crocuta that lived in what is now Kenya during the Piacenzian stage of the Pliocene epoch.
Etymology
The specific epithet eturono means "robust" in the Turkana language.[1]
References
- ↑ Werdelin, Lars; Lewis, Margaret E. (12 December 2008). "New species of Crocuta from the early Pliocene of Kenya, with an overview of early Pliocene hyenas of eastern Africa" (in en). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (4): 1162–1170. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1162. ISSN 0272-4634. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1162. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
Wikidata ☰ Q139414568 entry
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