| Chasmaporthetes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Hyaeninae |
| Genus: | †Chasmaporthetes Hay, 1914 |
| Type species | |
| †Chasmaporthetes lunensis
†Chasmoporthetes ossifragus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chasmaporthetes, also known as hunting or running hyena, is an extinct genus of hyena that lived in Eurasia, North America, and Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epoch around 4.9 million to 780,000 years ago.
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References[]
https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4833226.html
