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Pachycrocuta is an
extinct genus of
prehistoric hyenas. The
largest and most well-researched
species is
Pachycrocuta brevirostris,
colloquially known as...
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Pachycrocuta, was a 110 kg (240 lb) mega-scavenger that
could splinter the
bones of elephants.
Starting in the
early Middle Pleistocene Pachycrocuta was...
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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)...
- 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...
- †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...
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Pleistocene of
Eurasia and
possibly Africa. It is
possibly ancestral to
Pachycrocuta. The
species is
estimated to have
weighed around 56
kilograms (123 lb)...
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disputed if
Peking Man
inhabited the cave, or was
killed by
giant hyenas (
Pachycrocuta) and
dumped there, in
addition to
other natural processes. Over 100,000...
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around the Early-Middle
Pleistocene transition,
including the
giant hyena Pachycrocuta. The mid-late
Middle Pleistocene saw the
emergence of the
woolly mammoth...
