Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Synonym: Pterodontinae Polly 1996
Parent taxon: Hyainailouridae according to F. Solé and B. Mennecart 2019
See also Borths et al. 2016, Borths and Stevens 2017, Borths and Stevens 2019, Lange-Badré and Böhme 2005, Lavrov 2007, Morlo et al. 2007, Peigné et al. 2007, Polly 1996, Solé et al. 2015, Solé et al. 2014 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxon: Apterodontinae
Subtaxa: Akhnatenavus Dissopsalini Hemipsalodon Hyainailourini Hyainailouros Isohyaenodon Kerberos Leakitherium Megistotherium Metapterodon Metapterodontini Mlanyama Orienspterodon Parapterodon Paroxyaenini Parvavorodon Pterodon Simbakubwa
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Egypt (1 collection), France (2), Germany (2), Kenya (6), Libya (1), Namibia (4), Pakistan (6), Uganda (2)
• Oligocene of Egypt (10), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Eocene of Algeria (2), Canada (2: Saskatchewan), China (4), France (5), Myanmar (1), Namibia (1), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 61 collections including 75 occurrences