Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Full reference: R. J. G. Savage. 1965. Fossil Mammals of Africa: 19 The Miocene Carnivora of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(8):241-316
Parent taxon: Hyainailourinae according to M. R. Borths and N. J. Stevens 2017
See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Morales et al. 2007, Morales and Pickford 2017, Savage 1965, Solé et al. 2015, Solé et al. 2014 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Akhnatenavus, Dissopsalini, Hemipsalodon, Hyainailourini, Hyainailouros, Isohyaenodon, Kerberos, Megistotherium, Metapterodon, Metapterodontini, Mlanyama, Orienspterodon, Parapterodon, Paroxyaenini, Parvavorodon, Pterodon, Simbakubwa
Subtaxa: Leakitherium hiwegi
Type: Leakitherium hiwegi
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (1 collection), Uganda (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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