Percrocuta fossil map
Where fossils of Percrocuta have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 15 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 15 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 15.98–2.58 million years ago (Langhian to Piacenzian) |
| Periods | Neogene |
| Family | Percrocutidae |
| Named by | Kretzoi 1938 |
| Fossil records | 46 occurrences at 20 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Kenya, China, Ethiopia, Libya, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria … |
| Rock formations | txn:95348, Sahabi, Hadar, Upper Koru Series, Varswater, USNO |
About Percrocuta
Percrocuta is an extinct genus of percrocutid hyena. It lived in Eurasia and Africa, during the Miocene epoch.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Percrocuta (revision 1342469803), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q1635565.
