Protictitherium

Protictitherium
Temporal range: Miocene
P. crassum from Batallones Fossil Site 1 (Madrid, Spain)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Hyaenidae
Subfamily: Ictitheriinae
Genus: Protictitherium
Kretzoi, 1938[1]
Species
Protictitherium cingulatum
Protictitherium crassum
Protictitherium intermedium

Protictitherium (gr. first striking beast) is an extinct genus of hyena that lived across Europe and Asia during the Middle and Late Miocene, it is often considered to be the first hyena since it contains some of the oldest fossils of the family.[1][2][3] They were especially prolific in Turkey, where every species has been registered.[4]

  1. ^ a b Kretzoi, M. (1938). "Die Raubtiere von Gombaszög nebst einer Übersicht der Gesamtfauna (Ein Beitrag zur Stratigraphie des Altquartärs)". Annales Museum Nationale Hungaricum. 31: 88–137.
  2. ^ Koufos, George D.; Konidaris, George E. (2011-05-15). "Late Miocene carnivores of the Greco-Iranian Province: Composition, guild structure and palaeoecology". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 305 (1): 215–226. Bibcode:2011PPP...305..215K. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.03.003. ISSN 0031-0182. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  3. ^ Xiaoming, Wang; Jie, Y. E.; Jin, Meng; Wenyu, W. U.; Liping, L. I. U.; Shundong, Bl (1998-09-15). "CARNIVORA FROM MIDDLE MIOCENE OF NORTHERN JUNGGAR BASIN, XINJIANG AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 36 (3): 218. ISSN 2096-9899. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  4. ^ Fraile Gracia, Susana (2016-01-26). Estudio de Protictitherium crassum del Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid): aportación a la filogenia y evolución de la familia hyaenidae (in Spanish). Universidad Complutense de Madrid. OCLC 1050991988. Retrieved 2022-05-07.

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