Pliocrocuta Explained

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 56kg (123lb) on average, with its skull showing evidence for adaptation to bone cracking.^[3]

See also

• Pachycrocuta

Notes and References

1. Palombo . M. R. . Sardella . R. . Novelli . M. . Carnivora dispersal in Western Mediterranean during the last 2.6Ma . 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.029 . Quaternary International . 179 . 176–189 . 2008 . 1 . 2008QuInt.179..176P .
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 . en . 272 . 107240 . 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 . en . 22 . 3 . 421–434 . 10.1007/s10914-015-9287-8 . 1064-7554.