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Hello everyone, someone offered me this partial jaw. Clearly it was found in the Guangzhou province and should come from Taiwan. By the look of it I think it's a hyena or hyena like animal. But I can't decide if it's an adcrocuta jaw or a Dinocrocuca jaw. What are you opinion? Can anyone help me? 

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Looks canid to me maybe hyaena?

'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'

George Santayana

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The large P4 is a dead giveaway that the maxilla is from a hyena  The matrix looks like the specimen is from the Chinese redbebs of Ganzu province.  It may be the large hyena genus Percrocuta.

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On 12/9/2020 at 6:19 PM, fossillarry said:

The large P4 is a dead giveaway that the maxilla is from a hyena  The matrix looks like the specimen is from the Chinese redbebs of Ganzu province.  It may be the large hyena genus Percrocuta.

Thank you! It was definitely the most probable option! 

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