Dinocrocuta
Encyclopedia
Dinocrocuta is an extinct genus
of hyena
-like feliform
carnivores. It lived in Asia, and Africa, during the Miocene
epoch. It had very strong jaws that were able to crush bones.
It's estimated to weight roughly 400 kg
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of hyena
Hyena
Hyenas or Hyaenas are the animals of the family Hyaenidae of suborder feliforms of the Carnivora. It is the fourth smallest biological family in the Carnivora , and one of the smallest in the mammalia...
-like feliform
Feliformia
The Feliformia are a suborder within the order Carnivora and includes cats , hyenas, mongooses, civets and related taxa. The other suborder of Carnivora is Caniformia...
carnivores. It lived in Asia, and Africa, during the Miocene
Miocene
The Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
epoch. It had very strong jaws that were able to crush bones.
It's estimated to weight roughly 400 kg