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. montadai Villalta & Pairó, 1943; †T. spelaea Semenov, 1988;
Synonyms
	Genus synonymy Palhyaena Gervois, 1859 ; Miohyaena Kretzoi, 1939 ; Species synonymy T. robusta: Ictitherium robustum Kretzoi, 1938 ; ; T. certa: Prognetta incerta Depéret, 1982 ; Prognetta certa Major, 1903 ; Miohyaena certa Kretzoi, 1938 ; ; T. sarmatica: Ictitherium sarmaticum Pavlov, 1908 ; ; T. proava: Palhyaena proava Pilgrim, 1910 ; Prognetta proava Pilgrim, 1913 ; Lycyaena? proava Pilgrim, 1932 ; Lycyaena? chinjiensis Pilgrim, 1935 ; Hyaenictitherium proavum Kretzoi, 1938 ; Miohyaena chinjiensis Kretzoi, 1938 ; Miohyaena proava De Vos, Leinders & Hussain, 1987 ; Thalassictis chinjiensis Werdelin, 1988 ; ; T. montadai: Ictitherium montadai Villalta & Pairó, 1943 ; Prognetta aff. montadai Viret, 1951 ; Prognetta montadai Pairó & Petter, 1969 ; Miohyaena montadai Schmidt-Kittler, 1976 ; ; T. spelaea: Ictitherium spelaeum Semenov, 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

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

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ B. Kurtén. 1982. Status of the fossil hyaenids Ictitherium viverrinum and Thalassictis robusta (Mammalia). Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften, Berlin 10(7):1009-1018
^ 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

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[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

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