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Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Hyaenidae

†Chasmaporthetes ossifragus Hay 1921—American Hunting Hyaena

According to Kurtén and Anderson (1980), the characters of this animal indicate a cheetah-like predator, with long, slender limbs and sharp-edged cheek teeth.

Sites.

Late Blancan: 111 Ranch (Morgan and White 2005).

Irvingtonian: El Golfo (Croxen et al. 2007).

Literature.

Croxen et al. 2007; Kurtén and Anderson 1980; Morgan and White 2005.

Last Update: 21 Oct 2013