Lycyaena
| Lycyaena Temporal range: Miocene | |
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| Skull | |
| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Genus: | Lycyaena Hensel, 1863 |
Lycyaena is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore the family Hyaenidae.[1] Lycyaena was a cursorial hunting hyaena as opposed to full-time scavenger. It has been suggested by R. F. Ewer, The Carnivores(1973) that Lycyaena may be a possible ancestor to today's Aardwolf (Proteles cristatus).
References
- ↑ Turner, A.; Antón, M.; Werdelin, L. (2008). "Taxonomy and evolutionary patterns in the fossil Hyaenidae of Europe". Geobios. 41 (5): 677. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.01.001.
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