Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Alternative spellings: Hyaenaelurus, Hyaenailurus
Parent taxon: Hyainailourinae according to M. R. Borths and N. J. Stevens 2017
See also Egi et al. 2007, McKenna and Bell 1997, Morales et al. 2008, Morales and Pickford 2017, Morlo et al. 2007, Polly 1996, Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009, Sach and Heizmann 2001, Solé et al. 2015, Solé et al. 2014 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Akhnatenavus, Dissopsalini, Hemipsalodon, Hyainailourini, Isohyaenodon, Kerberos, Leakitherium, Megistotherium, Metapterodon, Metapterodontini, Mlanyama, Orienspterodon, Parapterodon, Paroxyaenini, Parvavorodon, Pterodon, Simbakubwa
Subtaxa: Hyaenailurus sulzeri Hyainailouros bugtiensis Hyainailouros fourtaui Hyainailouros napakensis Hyainailouros nyanzae Hyainailouros sulzeri
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Egypt (1 collection), France (2), Germany (2), Kenya (1), Namibia (1), Pakistan (5), Uganda (1)
• Oligocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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