Hyaenodontinae

Hyaenodontinae Temporal range: Early Eocene to Early Miocene
skull of Hyaenodon horridus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyaenodontoidea
Family:	†Hyaenodontidae
Subfamily:	†Hyaenodontinae Leidy, 1869
Type genus
†Hyaenodon Laizer & Parieu, 1838
Genera
†Consobrinus †Propterodon(paraphyletic genus) Tribe: †Epipterodontini †Epipterodon †Immanopterodon Tribe: †Hyaenodontini †Hyaenodon
Synonyms
Hyaenodontidae (Leidy, 1869) Hyaenodontini (Van Valen, 1965)

Hyaenodontinae ("hyena teeth") is a subfamily of extinct predatory hyaenodontid mammals from extinct family Hyaenodontidae. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early Eocene to early Miocene deposits in Europe, Asia and North America.

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• Subfamily: †Hyaenodontinae (Trouessart, 1885)
  • Genus: †Consobrinus (Lange-Badre, 1979)
    • †Consobrinus quercy (Lange-Badre, 1979)
  • Genus: †Propterodon ^{(paraphyletic genus)} (Martin, 1906)
    • †Propterodon morrisi (Matthew & Granger, 1924)
    • †Propterodon paganensis (de Bonis, 2018)
    • †Propterodon tongi (Liu & Huang, 2002)
    • †Propterodon witteri (Zack, 2019)
  • Tribe: †Epipterodontini (Lavrov, 1999)
    • Genus: †Epipterodon (Lavrov, 1999)
      • †Epipterodon hyaenoides (Matthew & Granger, 1925)
    • Genus: †Immanopterodon (Lavrov, 1999)
      • †Immanopterodon acutidens (Lavrov, 1999)
      • †Immanopterodon implacidus (Lavrov, 1999)
  • Tribe: †Hyaenodontini (Leidy, 1869)
    • Genus: †Hyaenodon (Laizer & Parieu, 1838)
      • †Hyaenodon brachyrhynchus (Blainville, 1841)
      • †Hyaenodon chunkhtensis (Dashzeveg, 1985)
      • †Hyaenodon dubius (Filhol, 1873)
      • †Hyaenodon eminus (Matthew & Granger, 1925)
      • †Hyaenodon exiguus (Gervais, 1873)
      • †Hyaenodon filholi (Schlosser, 1887)
      • †Hyaenodon gervaisi (Martin, 1906)
      • †Hyaenodon heberti (Filhol, 1876)
      • †Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (Laizer & Parieu, 1838)
      • †Hyaenodon minor (Lange-Badré, 1979)
      • †Hyaenodon pervagus (Matthew & Granger, 1924)
      • †Hyaenodon pumilus (Lavrov, 1999)
      • †Hyaenodon requieni (Gervais, 1846)
      • †Hyaenodon rossignoli (Lange-Badré, 1979)
      • †Hyaenodon weilini (Wang, 2005)
      • †Hyaenodon yuanchuensis (Young, 1937)
      • Subgenus: †Neohyaenodon ^{(paraphyletic subgenus)} (Thorpe, 1922)
        • †Hyaenodon gigas (Dashzeveg, 1985)
        • †Hyaenodon horridus (Leidy, 1853)
        • †Hyaenodon incertus (Dashzeveg, 1985)
        • †Hyaenodon macrocephalus (Lavrov, 1999)
        • †Hyaenodon megaloides (Mellett, 1977)
        • †Hyaenodon milvinus (Lavrov, 1999)
        • †Hyaenodon mongoliensis (Dashzeveg, 1964)
        • †Hyaenodon montanus (Douglass, 1902)
        • †Hyaenodon vetus (Stock, 1933)
      • Subgenus: †Protohyaenodon ^{(paraphyletic subgenus)} (Stock, 1933)
        • †Hyaenodon brevirostrus (Macdonald, 1970)
        • †Hyaenodon crucians (Leidy, 1853)
        • †Hyaenodon microdon (Mellett, 1977)
        • †Hyaenodon mustelinus (Scott, 1894)
        • †Hyaenodon raineyi (Gustafson, 1986)
        • †Hyaenodon venturae (Mellett, 1977)

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of subfamily Hyaenodontinae are shown in the following cladogram:

†Hyaenodontidae	†Paracynohyaenodon     †Quercytherium     †Cynohyaenodon lautricensis       †Cynohyaenodon cayluxi         †Cynohyaenodon ruetimeyeri     †Cynohyaenodon trux         †Cynohyaenodon smithae  †Cynohyaenodon        †Boritia    ?  †Protoproviverra      ?  †Praecodens         †Leonhardtina     †Preregidens               †Cartierodon     †Prodissopsalis      ?  †Paenoxyaenoides     †Eurotherium theriodis       †Eurotherium mapplethorpei  †Eurotherium        †Eurotherium matthesi     †Alienetherium           †Matthodon       †Oxyaenoidinae    ?  †Neosinopa    †Hyaenodontinae     †Consobrinus  †Consobrinus quercy  ?        †Propterodon morrisi     †Propterodon sp. (ZIN no. 34494)         †Propterodon paganensis     †Propterodon tongi     †Propterodon witteri      †Epipterodontini   †Immanopterodon    †Immanopterodon acutidens     †Immanopterodon implacidus      †Epipterodon  †Epipterodon hyaenoides      †Hyaenodontini   †Hyaenodon              †Hyaenodon chunkhtensis     †Hyaenodon eminus        †Hyaenodon venturae         (†Protohyaenodon)    †Hyaenodon pumilus       †Hyaenodon filholi      †Hyaenodon microdon             †Hyaenodon raineyi         †Hyaenodon mustelinus         †Hyaenodon brevirostrus       †Hyaenodon crucians          †Hyaenodon yuanchuensis           †Hyaenodon brachyrhynchus     †Hyaenodon gervaisi     †Hyaenodon requieni       †Hyaenodon minor       †Hyaenodon dubius     †Hyaenodon leptorhynchus         †Hyaenodon exiguus     †Hyaenodon sp. (Ergiliyn Dzo)         †Hyaenodon pervagus     †Hyaenodon rossignoli         †Hyaenodon horridus     †Hyaenodon megaloides           †Hyaenodon montanus     †Hyaenodon vetus       †Hyaenodon macrocephalus     †Hyaenodon milvinus       †Hyaenodon gigas     †Hyaenodon incertus     †Hyaenodon mongoliensis     †Hyaenodon heberti     †Hyaenodon weilini	†Cynohyaenodon/Quercytherium clade †Leonhardtina clade †Eurotherium clade †Matthodon clade †Oxyaenoides clade †Propterodon (†Neohyaenodon)