Dinocrocuta

Dinocrocuta és un gènero extint de mamífers carnívors feliformes similars a hienas. Va estar distribuït en Europa, Àsia i Àfrica, durant l'época del Mioceno. Posseïa fortes mandíbules que eren capaces de destrossar ossos.^[1]^[2]

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Reconstrucció de D. gigantea

S'estima que aplegaria a pesar fins a 300 quilograms, i era un depredador actiu de grans animals com el rinoceront Chilotherium^[3]

Referències

↑ ZHIJIE JACK TSENG (2009). ^{[enllaç trencat]}. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 96, 51–67.
↑ ZHIJIE JACK TSENG1 & WENDY J. BINDER (2009). Mandibular biomechanics of Crocuta crocuta, Canis lupus, and the clapix Miocene Dinocrocuta gigantea (Carnivora, Mammalia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 158, Issue 3, pages 683–696, March 2010
↑ DENG Tao & TSENG Zhijie J (2010). Osteological evidence for predatory behavior of the giant percrocutid (Dinocrocuta gigantea) as an active hunter. Chinese Science Bulletin, 55: 1790−1794, doi: 10.1007/s11434-010-3031-9

[1] ZHIJIE JACK TSENG (2009). ^{[enllaç trencat]}. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 96, 51–67.

[2] ZHIJIE JACK TSENG1 & WENDY J. BINDER (2009). Mandibular biomechanics of Crocuta crocuta, Canis lupus, and the clapix Miocene Dinocrocuta gigantea (Carnivora, Mammalia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 158, Issue 3, pages 683–696, March 2010

[3] DENG Tao & TSENG Zhijie J (2010). Osteological evidence for predatory behavior of the giant percrocutid (Dinocrocuta gigantea) as an active hunter. Chinese Science Bulletin, 55: 1790−1794, doi: 10.1007/s11434-010-3031-9

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