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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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    Pleistocene of Eurasia and possibly Africa. It is possibly ancestral to Pachycrocuta. Pachycrocuta Palombo, M. R.; Sardella, R.; Novelli, M. (2008). "Carnivora dispersal...
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    Pachycrocuta, was a 200 kg (440 lb) mega-scavenger that could splinter the bones of elephants. Starting in the early Middle Pleistocene Pachycrocuta was...
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    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...
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    specimens of Homo erectus and an assemblage of bones of the gigantic hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris. There are several sections of the UNESCO World Heritage...
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    because they lived and died there, or they were killed by giant hyaenas (Pachycrocuta) and dumped there, in addition to other natural processes. Over 100,000...
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    Europe and China coincided with the decline and eventual extinction of Pachycrocuta brevirostris, the giant short-faced hyena. As there is no evidence of...
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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...
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    Creswell Caves, Derbyshire (now in Owens College Museum, Manchester). Pachycrocuta Westbury, Michael V.; Hartmann, Stefanie; Barlow, Axel; Preick, Michaela;...
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    †Gansuyaena Proteles Hyaeninae †Adcrocuta †Chasmaporthetes Crocuta Hyaena †Hyaenictis †Ikelohyaena †Leecyaena †Lycyaenops †Pachycrocuta †Palinhyaena Parahyaena...
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