Biology:Pliocrocuta
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Short description: Extinct genus of carnivores
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Genus: | †Pliocrocuta Kretzoi, 1938 |
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Pliocrocuta is an extinct genus of hyena.[1] It contains the species Pliocrocuta perrieri, known from the Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Eurasia and possibly Africa. It is possibly ancestral to Pachycrocuta.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Palombo, M. R.; Sardella, R.; Novelli, M. (2008). "Carnivora dispersal in Western Mediterranean during the last 2.6Ma". Quaternary International 179 (1): 176–189. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.029. Bibcode: 2008QuInt.179..176P.
- ↑ Iannucci, Alessio; Mecozzi, Beniamino; Sardella, Raffaele; Iurino, Dawid Adam (November 2021). "The extinction of the giant hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris and a reappraisal of the Epivillafranchian and Galerian Hyaenidae in Europe: Faunal turnover during the Early–Middle Pleistocene Transition" (in en). Quaternary Science Reviews 272: 107240. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107240. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379121004479.
Wikidata ☰ Q3906719 entry
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