Pachycrocuta Kretzoi 1938 (brown hyaena)
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 41030
Parent taxon: Hyaenidae according to T. Medin et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Crocuta, Euryboas, Hyaena, Hyaenictis, Hyaenictitherium, Hyaeninae, Hyaenotherium, Ictitheriinae, Ictitherium, Ikelohyaena, Leecyaena, Lycaena, Lycyaena, Lycyaenops, Palinhyaena, Parahyaena, Pliocrocuta, Plioviverrops, Proteles, Thalassictis, Tungurictis
Subtaxa: Pachycrocuta brevirostris
Ecology: scansorial insectivore