Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Full reference: H. Galiano, Z. J. Tseng, N. Solounias, X. Wang, Z. X. Qiu and S. C. White. 2022. A new aardwolf-line fossil hyena from Middle and Late Miocene deposits of Linxia Basin, Gansu, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 60(2):81-116

Parent taxon: Protelinae according to H. Galiano et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Adcrocuta, Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Crocuta, Euryboas, Hyaena, Hyaenictis, Hyaenictitherium, Hyaeninae, Hyaenotherium, Ictitheriinae, Ictitherium, Ikelohyaena, Leecyaena, Lepthyaena, Lycaena, Lycyaena, Lycyaenops, Mesoviverrops, Miohyaenotherium, Pachycrocuta, Palinhyaena, Parahyaena, Pliocrocuta, Plioviverrops, Proteles, Protoviverrops, Thalassictis, Tongxinictis, Tungurictis

Subtaxa: Gansuyaena guerini Gansuyaena megalotis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Los Mansuetos (Miocene of Spain)

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