Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1924. New Carnivora from the Tertiary of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 104:1-9
Belongs to Hyaenodon according to W. D. Matthew and W. Granger 1924
See also Tsubamoto et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon), Hyaenodon americanus, Hyaenodon bavaricus, Hyaenodon brachycephalus, Hyaenodon brevirostrus, Hyaenodon chunkhtensis, Hyaenodon crucians, Hyaenodon cruentus, Hyaenodon dubius, Hyaenodon eminus, Hyaenodon filholi, Hyaenodon gigas, Hyaenodon horridus, Hyaenodon incertus, Hyaenodon leptocephalus, Hyaenodon leptorhynchus, Hyaenodon megaloides, Hyaenodon microdon, Hyaenodon minor, Hyaenodon mongoliensis, Hyaenodon montanus, Hyaenodon mustelinus, Hyaenodon neimongoliensis, Hyaenodon raineyi, Hyaenodon venturae, Hyaenodon vetus, Hyaenodon weilini, Hyaenodon yuanchuensis
Type specimen: AMNH 19005, a mandible. Its type locality is Loh, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of China (1 collection), Mongolia (5)
• Eocene of China (1), Mongolia (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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