Dinocrocuta

Dinocrocuta
Dinocrocuta
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene
D. giganteus skull cast, Zoologisk Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Percrocutidae†
Genus: Dinocrocuta†
Schmidt-Kittler, 1975
Species

D. gigantea†
D. macrodonta†

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.[1] [2] [3]

Restoration of D. giganteus

It's estimated to weight roughly 400 kg [4]

References

  1. ^ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01095.x/abstract
  2. ^ Cranial function in a late Miocene Dinocrocuta gigantea (Mammalia: Carnivora) revealed by comparative finite element analysis
  3. ^ Mandibular biomechanics of Crocuta crocuta, Canis lupus, and the late Miocene Dinocrocuta gigantea (Carnivora, Mammalia)
  4. ^ Osteological evidence for predatory behavior of the giant percrocutid (Dinocrocuta gigantea) as an active hunter
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