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Coprolite
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Temporal distribution

Lower Pleistocene (2 - 0.8 million years ago)

Geographic distribution

Europe, Asia, Africa

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Size

L 1,5 x H 1 m
W 110 kg

Trivia

  • Large and stocky skull
  • It was the largest hyena that ever existed
  • He kept the carcasses at the bottom of bodies of water

Taxonomy

Family:

Hyaenidae

​More similar current species

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

Diet

Carcasses, bones, weak individuals

Pachycrocuta brevirostris

CONTACT

Via La Pira, 4 - 50121 Firenze (FI)

segrmuseo@unifi.it (segreteria amministrativa)
edu@sma.unifi.it (servizi educativi)

PEC: msn@pec.unifi.it

055 2757536

FUNDINGS

Project funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4 - Call for tender No. 3138 of 16 December 2021, rectified by Decree n.3175 of 18 December 2021  of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU;

AWARD NUMBER

Project code CN_00000033, Concession Decree No. 1034  of 17 June 2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, CUP B83C22002910001, Project title “National Biodiversity Future Center - NBFC”.

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