Biology:Lycyaena
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Lycyaena is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore in the family Hyaenidae.[1] It has been suggested by R. F. Ewer that Lycyaena may be a possible ancestor to today's aardwolf (Proteles cristatus).[2] Lycyaena lived in Eurasia and North Africa during the Late Miocene.[3]
Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
Lycyaena was a cursorial hunting hyaena as opposed to full-time scavenger.[2] Paired δ13C and δ18O analysis of Lycyaena chaeretis from the site of Cerro de los Batallones indicates that it partitioned resources with other carnivorans in its palaeoenvironment by hunting prey in more open environments compared to other predators known to have inhabited the same ecosystem.[4]
References
- ↑ Turner, A.; Antón, Mauricio; Werdelin, Lars (2008). "Taxonomy and evolutionary patterns in the fossil Hyaenidae of Europe". Geobios 41 (5): 677. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.01.001. Bibcode: 2008Geobi..41..677T.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 R. F. Ewer, The Carnivores (1973)
- ↑ Faggi, Andrea (2025). "Revising the carnivores of Baccinello V3 faunal assemblage: palaeobiogeographic implications in the Messinian Italian carnivore record". Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 64 (1): 19–46. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2025.03. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391653128.
- ↑ Domingo, Laura; Domingo, M. Soledad; Koch, Paul L.; Morales, Jorge; Alberdi, M. Teresa (10 May 2017). Smith, Andrew. ed. "Carnivoran resource and habitat use in the context of a Late Miocene faunal turnover episode" (in en). Palaeontology 60 (4): 461–483. doi:10.1111/pala.12296. ISSN 0031-0239. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pala.12296. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
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