informative channel BBC News Earth has recently released research from the University of Malaga (UMA) on the paleobiology of extinct hyena more than 100 kilograms of body mass lived at the site of Mycenae sale in the region of Orce (Granada), early Pleistocene.
Professor of Paleontology at the University of Manchester Paul Palmqvist has been who has led the team the study of this kind, called 'Pachycrocuta brevirostri' from the analysis of changes in the bones of large mammals. "This is a type of hyena which is twice the size of spotted hyenas today," the researcher stressed.
The paper also shows that this hyena, no analogues among modern species, experienced a highly specialized adaptation to scavenging, posing a serious competition for early hominids in the subcontinent settled in Europe.
"These carnivores, with proportionately short and stout limbs, were capable of removing the prey hunted by other predators and dismember Such carcasses for transport to their breeding dens, "said in a statement the professor, adding that the hyena" had a jaw teeth and a very thick and tough, with whom he could crush the bones, including elephants and hippos , maximizing all resources.
Sale
The site of Mycenae is regarded as an enclave of continued reference in the literature of English Quaternary, Europe and worldwide.
is a horizontal level of limestone that shows a continued skeletal remains of large fossil with a variable thickness from 75 centimeters to a meter and a tour of area more than two kilometers, so that hosts millions of fossils of this age.
Professor of Paleontology at the University of Manchester Paul Palmqvist has been who has led the team the study of this kind, called 'Pachycrocuta brevirostri' from the analysis of changes in the bones of large mammals. "This is a type of hyena which is twice the size of spotted hyenas today," the researcher stressed.
The paper also shows that this hyena, no analogues among modern species, experienced a highly specialized adaptation to scavenging, posing a serious competition for early hominids in the subcontinent settled in Europe.
"These carnivores, with proportionately short and stout limbs, were capable of removing the prey hunted by other predators and dismember Such carcasses for transport to their breeding dens, "said in a statement the professor, adding that the hyena" had a jaw teeth and a very thick and tough, with whom he could crush the bones, including elephants and hippos , maximizing all resources.
Sale
The site of Mycenae is regarded as an enclave of continued reference in the literature of English Quaternary, Europe and worldwide.
is a horizontal level of limestone that shows a continued skeletal remains of large fossil with a variable thickness from 75 centimeters to a meter and a tour of area more than two kilometers, so that hosts millions of fossils of this age.
Source: europapress.es
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