Protictitherium
Name:
Protictitherium.
Phonetic: Pro-tik-to-fee-ree-um.
Named By: Kretzoi - 1938.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora,
Hyaenidae.
Species: Species recorded include P.
aegaeum, P. cingulatum, P. crassum, P. gaillardia, P.
intermedium, P. praecurrens, P. punicum.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China, France, Germany, Spain
and Turkey.
Time period: Langhian to the Tortonian of the
Miocene. Possibly later.
Fossil representation: Remains of many individuals.
A very primitive genus of hyena, Protictitherium has actually been more loosely interpreted as like a civet in terms of physical appearance.
Further reading
- Late Miocene carnivores of the Greco-Iranian Province:
Composition, guild structure and palaeoecology -
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 305: 215
- G. D. Koufos & G. E. Konidaris - 2011.
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