Allohyaena

Allohyaena
Temporal range: (Tortonian)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Hyaenidae
Genus: Allohyaena
Kretzoi, 1938
Type species
Allohyaena kadici
Kretzoi, 1938
Other species
  • A. sarmatica Semenov, 1994
  • A. minor (Ozansoy, 1965)
Synonyms

Allohyaena is an extinct genus of hyaenids that lived in Europe and Turkey during the Late Miocene. Like most modern hyaenids, Allohyaena had durophagous adaptations to support the consumption of bones.