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Parahyaena

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)241934https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=241934
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Hyaenidae : Parahyaena
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
-FeraeLinnaeus 1758
-CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
-CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyAeluroideaFlower 1869
familyHyaenidaeGray 1821
genusParahyaenaHendey 1974
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Parahyaenagenusbelongs to Hyaenidaestated with evidenceKoepfli et al., 2006
Parahyaenagenusbelongs to Hyaenidaestated without evidenceWerdelin and Peigne, 2010
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 2.6 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Hyaenidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K.-P. Koepfli, S. M. Jenks, and E. Eizirik, T. Zahirpour, B. Van Valkenburgh, R. K. Wayne. 2006. Molecular systematics of the Hyaenidae: relationships of a relictual lineage resolved by a molecular supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(3):603-620

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Parahyaena brunnea
species
listed (PBDB)Brown Hyaena2723.0 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1974Parahyaena Hendey
2006Parahyaena Koepfli et al. p. 604
2010Parahyaena Werdelin and Peigne p. 643

References

Koepfli K.-P., Jenks S. M., et al (2006) Molecular systematics of the Hyaenidae: relationships of a relictual lineage resolved by a molecular supermatrix, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38 3, 603-620
Werdelin L., Peigne S. (2010) Carnivora, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 603-657
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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