Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parent taxon: Hyaenidae according to L. Werdelin and S. Peigne 2010
See also Carroll 1988, Ginsburg 1977, Kurten 1968, Kurtén 1982, Roussiakis and Theodorou 2003 and Werdelin and Solunias 1991
Sister taxa: Adcrocuta, Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Crocuta, Euryboas, Hyaena, Hyaenictis, Hyaenictitherium, Hyaeninae, Hyaenotherium, Ictitheriinae, Ikelohyaena, Leecyaena, Lepthyaena, Lycaena, Lycyaena, Lycyaenops, Mesoviverrops, Miohyaenotherium, Pachycrocuta, Palinhyaena, Parahyaena, Pliocrocuta, Plioviverrops, Proteles, Protoviverrops, Thalassictis, Tongxinictis, Tungurictis, Gansuyaena
Subtaxa: Ictitherium ibericum Ictitherium intuberculatum Ictitherium kurteni Ictitherium pannonicum Ictitherium sivalense Ictitherium tauricum Ictitherium viverrinum
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of China (2 collections), Kenya (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (2)
• Miocene of Afghanistan (1), Austria (1), Bulgaria (4), Chad (1), China (15), France (2), Greece (11), Kenya (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Moldova (3), Morocco (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (4), Ukraine (6)
Total: 61 collections including 78 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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