Hyainailouroidea

Hyainailouroidea Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Late Miocene
Comparison of various Early to Middle Miocene hyaenodonts, including the hyainailurids Hyainailouros sulzeri (top) and Megistotherium osteothlastes (center), and teratodontid Dissopsalis pyroclasticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyainailouroidea Borths, 2016
Families
†Hyainailouridae (paraphyletic family) †Prionogalidae †Teratodontidae

Hyainailouroidea ("hyena-cats") is a paraphyletic superfamily of extinct predatory mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from middle Eocene to late Miocene deposits in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• Superfamily: †Hyainailouroidea ^{(paraphyletic superfamily)} (Borths, 2016)
  • Family: †Hyainailouridae ^{(paraphyletic family)} (Pilgrim, 1932)
  • Family: †Prionogalidae (Morales, 2008)
  • Family: †Teratodontidae (Savage, 1965)

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of superfamily Hyainailouroidea are shown in the following cladogram:

†Hyaenodonta	†Eoproviverra       †Boualitomidae           †Arfiidae     †Limnocyonidae       †Sinopidae       †Hyaenodontoidea         †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 †Hyainailouridae