Pliocrocuta

Pliocrocuta is an extinct genus of hyena.^[1] It contains the species Pliocrocuta perrieri, known from the Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Eurasia and possibly Africa. It is possibly ancestral to Pachycrocuta.^[2] The species is estimated to have weighed around 56 kilograms (123 lb) on average, with its skull showing evidence for adaptation to bone cracking.^[3]

Pliocrocuta Temporal range: Pliocene–Early Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Hyaenidae
Genus:	†Pliocrocuta Kretzoi, 1938
Species
Pliocrocuta perrieri

Teeth

See also

• Pachycrocuta

References

1. Palombo, M. R.; Sardella, R.; Novelli, M. (2008). "Carnivora dispersal in Western Mediterranean during the last 2.6Ma". Quaternary International. 179 (1): 176–189. Bibcode:2008QuInt.179..176P. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.029.
2. Iannucci, Alessio; Mecozzi, Beniamino; Sardella, Raffaele; Iurino, Dawid Adam (November 2021). "The extinction of the giant hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris and a reappraisal of the Epivillafranchian and Galerian Hyaenidae in Europe: Faunal turnover during the Early–Middle Pleistocene Transition". Quaternary Science Reviews. 272: 107240. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107240.
3. Vinuesa, Víctor; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Fortuny, Josep; Alba, David M. (September 2015). "The Endocranial Morphology of the Plio-Pleistocene Bone-Cracking Hyena Pliocrocuta perrieri: Behavioral Implications". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 22 (3): 421–434. doi:10.1007/s10914-015-9287-8. ISSN 1064-7554.