Thalassictis

Thalassictis is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore in the family Hyaenidae that lived in Asia during the Middle to Late Miocene and in Europe and North Africa during the Late Miocene.^[1] Thalassictis may be paraphyletic.^[2]

Thalassictis Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N (Astaracian to Vallesian)
Skull on display at the National Natural History Museum of China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Hyaenidae
Subfamily:	†Ictitheriinae
Genus:	†Thalassictis Nordmann, 1850
Type species
†Thalassictis robusta Gervais, 1850
Other species
†T. certa Major, 1903 †T. sarmatica Pavlov, 1908 †T. proava Pilgrim, 1910 †T. montadai Villalta & Pairó, 1943 †T. spelaea Semenov, 1988
Synonyms
Genus synonymy Palhyaena Gervois, 1859 Miohyaena Kretzoi, 1939 Species synonymy T. robusta: Ictitherium robustum Kretzoi, 1938 T. certa: Prognetta incerta Depéret, 1982 Prognetta certa Major, 1903 Miohyaena certa Kretzoi, 1938 T. sarmatica: Ictitherium sarmaticum Pavlov, 1908 T. proava: Palhyaena proava Pilgrim, 1910 Prognetta proava Pilgrim, 1913 Lycyaena? proava Pilgrim, 1932 Lycyaena? chinjiensis Pilgrim, 1935 Hyaenictitherium proavum Kretzoi, 1938 Miohyaena chinjiensis Kretzoi, 1938 Miohyaena proava De Vos, Leinders & Hussain, 1987 Thalassictis chinjiensis Werdelin, 1988 T. montadai: Ictitherium montadai Villalta & Pairó, 1943 Prognetta aff. montadai Viret, 1951 Prognetta montadai Pairó & Petter, 1969 Miohyaena montadai Schmidt-Kittler, 1976 T. spelaea: Ictitherium spelaeum Semenov, 1988

Discovery

T. hyaenoides life restoration

Thalassictis was named by Nordmann (1850) [in Gervais ]. Its type is Thalassictis robusta. It was assigned to Hyaenidae by Kurtén (1982) and Flynn (1998).^[3][4]