Kingdom Animalia Family Hyaenidae Phylum Chordata Order Carnivores | Class Mammalia Subfamily Ictitheriinae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Lycyaena, Adcrocuta, Plioviverrops, Carnivores, Ictitherium | ||
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.
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).
References
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