Adcrocuta
| Adcrocuta Temporal range: Miocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Genus: | Adcrocuta Kretzoi, 1938 |
A. eximia skull
Adcrocuta is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore in the family Hyaenidae that lived during the Miocene period.[1]
References
- ↑ Werdelin, L.; Solounias, N. (1990). "Studies of fossil hyaenids: The genus Adcrocuta Kretzoi and the interrelationships of some hyaenid taxa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 98 (4): 363. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1990.tb01206.x.
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