Allohyaena
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| Allohyaena Temporal range: (Tortonian) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Genus: | †Allohyaena Kretzoi, 1938 |
| Type species | |
| †Allohyaena kadici Kretzoi, 1938 | |
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Allohyaena is an extinct genus of hyaenids that lived in Europe and Turkey during the Late Miocene.[1][2] Like most modern hyaenids, Allohyaena had durophagous adaptations to support the consumption of bones.[3]