Hyaenodontoidea

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Hyaenodontoidea
Temporal range: 56.0–16.9 Ma Early Eocene to Early Miocene
Hyaenodon horridus skull.jpg
skull of Hyaenodon horridus
Proviverra edingeri.JPG
fossil of Lesmesodon edingeri
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Superfamily: Hyaenodontoidea
Leidy, 1869[1]
Families

Hyaenodontoidea ("hyena teeth") is a superfamily of extinct predatory mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early Eocene to early Miocene deposits in North America, Europe and Asia.[2][3]

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of superfamily Hyaenodontoidea are shown in the following cladogram:[4][5][6][7]

 †Hyaenodonta 

Eoproviverra

Boualitomidae

 †Hyaenodontoidea 

Hyaenodontidae

Proviverridae

Arfiidae

Limnocyonidae

Sinopidae

Gazinocyon

Pyrocyon

Galecyon

 †Afro‑Arabian clade 

Indohyaenodontidae

Glibzegdouia

Parvavorodon

Koholiidae

Tritemnodon

Furodon

Kyawdawia

Paratritemnodon

Teratodontidae

Hyainailouroidea

Apterodontinae

Orienspterodon

Hyainailourinae

Hemipsalodon

 ? 

Ischnognathus

Akhnatenavus clade

Akhnatenavus

Paroxyaenini

"Pterodon" sp. (BC 15’08)

Hyainailourinae sp. (UON 84-359)

Hyainailourinae sp. C (DPC 9243 & DPC 10315)

Hyainailourinae sp. D (DPC 6545)

Hyainailourinae sp. A (DPC 6555)

"Pterodon" africanus

Parapterodon

"Pterodon" sp. (DPC 5036)

"Pterodon" phiomensis

Hyainailourini

Kerberos

"Pterodon" syrtos

Pterodon clade

Pterodontina

Falcatodon

Sectisodon

Exiguodon

Isohyaenodon zadoki

Isohyaenodon  (†Isohyaenodontina)

Isohyaenodon andrewsi

Sivapterodon

Hyainailouros bugtiensis

Hyainailouros napakensis

Hyainailouros

Hyainailouros sulzeri

Hyainailourinae sp. (GSN AD 100’96)

Simbakubwa

Leakitheriini

Megistotherium

Mlanyama

Metapterodontini

Pakakali

Prionogalidae

Lahimia clade
Arfia clade
Galecyon clade
Indohyaenodon clade
Tritemnodon clade
Kyawdawia clade

References

  1. ^ Leidy J. (1869.) "On the extinct Mammalia of Dakota and Nebraska: including an account of some allied forms from other localities, together with a synopsis of the mammalian remains of North America." Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia 7: 1–472.
  2. ^ L. Van Valen (1967.) "New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(5):217-284
  3. ^ Floréal Solé; Bastien Mennecart (2019). "A large hyaenodont from the Lutetian of Switzerland expands the body mass range of the European mammalian predators during the Eocene". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64 (2): 275–290. doi:10.4202/app.00581.2018.
  4. ^ Borths, Matthew R.; Stevens, Nancy J. (2017). "Deciduous dentition and dental eruption of Hyainailouroidea (Hyaenodonta, "Creodonta," Placentalia, Mammalia)". Palaeontologia Electronica. 20 (3): 55A. doi:10.26879/776.
  5. ^ Matthew R. Borths; Nancy J. Stevens (2019). "Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, 'Creodonta,' Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (1): e1570222. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1570222.
  6. ^ Floréal Solé; Bernard Marandat; Fabrice Lihoreau (2020). "The hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the French locality of Aumelas (Hérault), with possible new representatives from the late Ypresian". Geodiversitas. 42 (13): 185–214. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a13.
  7. ^ Solé, F.; Morlo, M.; Schaal, T.; Lehmann, T. (2021). "New hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the late Ypresian locality of Prémontré (France) support a radiation of the hyaenodonts in Europe already at the end of the early Eocene". Geobios. in press. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2021.02.004.