Pakakali

Pakakali Temporal range: 25.2–24.95  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Oligocene
Pakakali rukwaensis lower jaw fragment
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	† Hyainailouroidea
Family:	† Hyainailouridae
Subfamily:	† Hyainailourinae
Genus:	† Pakakali Borths & Stevens, 2017
Type species
†Pakakali rukwaensis Borths & Stevens, 2017

Pakakali ("fierce cat") is an extinct genus of hyainailourid hyaenodont mammal of the subfamily Hyainailourinae, that lived in what is now Tanzania during the Late Oligocene. It is known from a single species, P. rukwaensis. ^[1]

References

1. Borths, Matthew R.; Stevens, Nancy J. (11 October 2017). Smith, Thierry (ed.). "The first hyaenodont from the late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania: Paleoecological insights into the Paleogene-Neogene carnivore transition". PLOS ONE . 12 (10): e0185301. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1285301B. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185301 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   5636082 . PMID   29020030.