Pliocrocuta

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Pliocrocuta
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Pliocrocuta

Kretzoi, 1938
Species
  • Pliocrocuta perrieri
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Pliocrocuta is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore the family Hyaenidae.[1] See Pachycrocuta.

References

  1. ^ Palombo, M. R.; Sardella, R.; Novelli, M. (2008). "Carnivora dispersal in Western Mediterranean during the last 2.6Ma". Quaternary International. 179: 176. Bibcode:2008QuInt.179..176P. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.029.