Thalassictis

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Thalassictis
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene
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Thalassictis

Nordmann, 1850
Species
  • T. robusta

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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

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

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  2. B. Kurtén. 1982. Status of the fossil hyaenids Ictitherium viverrinum and Thalassictis robusta (Mammalia). Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften, Berlin 10(7):1009-1018
  3. 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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