Hyaena prisca De Serres, 1828
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: early Late Pleistocene (Iannucci et al., 2021)
Distribution
Asia & Europe
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Bonifay, M. F. (1973). Principaux gisements paleontologiques Francais du Pleistocene Moyen: Essai de classification. Le Quaternaire 41-50
D. A. E. Garrod and D. M. A. Bate. 1937. The Stone Age of Mount Carmel, Vol. 1. Oxford University Press
Iannucci, Alessio et al. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107240 [Abstract]
Kurten B. (1968) Pleistocene Mammals of Europe, 1-317
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