Thalassictis

Thalassictis Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N (Astaracian to Vallesian)
Skull on display at the National Natural History Museum of China
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Hyaenidae
Subfamily:	† Ictitheriinae
Genus:	† Thalassictis Nordmann, 1850
Type species
†Thalassictis robusta Gervais, 1850
Other species
†T. certa Major, 1903 †T. sarmatica Pavlov, 1908 †T. proava Pilgrim, 1910 †T. montadaiVillalta & Pairó, 1943 †T. spelaea Semenov, 1988
Synonyms
Genus synonymy PalhyaenaGervois, 1859 MiohyaenaKretzoi, 1939 Species synonymy T. robusta: Ictitherium robustumKretzoi, 1938 T. certa: Prognetta incertaDepéret, 1982 Prognetta certaMajor, 1903 Miohyaena certaKretzoi, 1938 T. sarmatica: Ictitherium sarmaticumPavlov, 1908 T. proava: Palhyaena proavaPilgrim, 1910 Prognetta proavaPilgrim, 1913 Lycyaena? proavaPilgrim, 1932 Lycyaena? chinjiensisPilgrim, 1935 Hyaenictitherium proavumKretzoi, 1938 Miohyaena chinjiensisKretzoi, 1938 Miohyaena proavaDe Vos, Leinders & Hussain, 1987 Thalassictis chinjiensisWerdelin, 1988 T. montadai: Ictitherium montadaiVillalta & Pairó, 1943 Prognetta aff. montadaiViret, 1951 Prognetta montadaiPairó & Petter, 1969 Miohyaena montadaiSchmidt-Kittler, 1976 T. spelaea: Ictitherium spelaeumSemenov, 1988

Thalassictis is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore in the family Hyaenidae that lived in Asia during the Middle to Late Miocene and in Europe and North Africa during the Late Miocene. ^[1] Thalassictis may be paraphyletic. ^[2]

Discovery

T. hyaenoides life restoration

Thalassictis was named by Nordmann (1850) [in Gervais ]. Its type is Thalassictis robusta. It was assigned to Hyaenidae by Kurtén (1982) and Flynn (1998). ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN   978-0-231-11013-6.
2. Werdelin, Lars; Solounias, Nikos (1991). "The Hyaenidae: taxonomy, systematics, and evolution". Fossils and Strata. 30: 1–104. doi: 10.18261/8200374815-1991-01 . ISBN   82-00-37481-5.
3. B. Kurtén. 1982. Status of the fossil hyaenids Ictitherium viverrinum and Thalassictis robusta (Mammalia). Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften, Berlin 10(7):1009-1018
4. J. J. Flynn. 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1:110-123