Dinocrocuta
Dinocrocuta is an extinct genus of hyena-like feliform carnivores in the extinct family Percrocutidae. It lived in Asia and Africa during the Miocene epoch. It had very strong jaws that were able to crush bones.
| Dinocrocuta Temporal range: | |
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| D. gigantea skull cast, Zoologisk Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Percrocutidae |
| Genus: | †Dinocrocuta Schmidt-Kittler, 1976 |
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