Pakakali
| Pakakali Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Family: | †Hyainailouridae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyainailourinae |
| Genus: | †Pakakali Borths & Stevens, 2017 |
| Type species | |
| † Pakakali rukwaensis Borths & Stevens, 2017 | |
Pakakali is an extinct genus of hyaenodont that lived in what is now Tanzania during the Late Oligocene. It is known from a single species, P. rukwaensis.[1]
References
- ^ Borths, Matthew R.; Stevens, Nancy J. (11 October 2017). Smith, Thierry (ed.). "The first hyaenodont from the late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania: Paleoecological insights into the Paleogene-Neogene carnivore transition". PLOS ONE. 12 (10): e0185301. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1285301B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185301. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5636082. PMID 29020030.