Dinocrocuta

Dinocrocuta
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Tortonian to Messinian),
D. gigantea skull, National Natural History Museum of China
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Hyaenidae
Subfamily: †Percrocutinae
Genus: †Dinocrocuta
Schmidt-Kittler, 1976
Species
  • †D. algeriensis Arambourg, 1959
  • †D. gigantea Schlosser, 1903
  • †D. salonicae Andrews, 1918
  • †D. senyureki

Dinocrocuta is an extinct genus of large carnivore, either considered a true hyena or a member of the closely related extinct family Percrocutidae. It lived in Eurasia and Africa during the late Miocene epoch, from 11.6 to 5.3 million years ago. It had very strong jaws that were able to crush bones. It considerably exceeded the size of living hyenas.

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