Definition of Pachycrocuta. Meaning of Pachycrocuta. Synonyms of Pachycrocuta

- Pachycrocuta is an extinct genus of prehistoric hyenas. The largest and most well-researched species is Pachycrocuta brevirostris, colloquially known as...
- Pachycrocuta, was a 110 kg (240 lb) mega-scavenger that could splinter the bones of elephants. Starting in the early Middle Pleistocene Pachycrocuta was...
- Pleistocene of Eurasia and possibly Africa. It is possibly ancestral to Pachycrocuta. The species is estimated to have weighed around 56 kilograms (123 lb)...
- specimens of Homo erectus and an ****emblage of bones of the gigantic hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris. There are several sections of the UNESCO World Heritage...
- at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene, replacing the giant hyena Pachycrocuta. The Eurasian "cave hyenas" (Crocuta spelaea, Crocuta ultima and others)...
- †Gansuyaena Proteles Hyaeninae †Adcrocuta †Chasmaporthetes Crocuta Hyaena †Hyaenictis †Ikelohyaena †Leecyaena †Lycyaenops †Pachycrocuta †Palinhyaena Parahyaena...
- 000 years ago, around the time of the extinction of the "giant hyena" Pachycrocuta brevirostris in the region. Crocuta was widely distributed across northern...
- is the possibility that Parahyaena may be synonymous with the extinct Pachycrocuta, making the brown hyena the only extant member of this genus. In the...
- disputed if Peking Man inhabited the cave, or was killed by giant hyenas (Pachycrocuta) and dumped there. Over 100,000 pieces of stone tools have been recovered...
- Europe and China coincided with the decline and eventual extinction of Pachycrocuta brevirostris, the giant short-faced hyena. As there is no evidence of...