Thalassictis
| Thalassictis Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Ictitheriinae |
| Genus: | Thalassictis Nordmann, 1850 |
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Thalassictis is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore the family Hyaenidae that lived in Asia during the Middle to Late Miocene and in Europe and North Africa during the Late Miocene.[1]
Taxonomy
T. hyaenoides jaw
Thalassictis was named by Nordmann (1850) [in Gervais ]. Its type is Thalassictis robusta. It was assigned to Hyaenidae by Kurtén (1982) and Flynn (1998).[2][3]
References
- ↑ McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6.
- ↑ B. Kurtén. 1982. Status of the fossil hyaenids Ictitherium viverrinum and Thalassictis robusta (Mammalia). Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften, Berlin 10(7):1009-1018
- ↑ J. J. Flynn. 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1:110-123
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