†unranked clade Prionogalidae Morales et al. 2008 (placental)

Mammalia - Hyaenodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Full reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, and M. J. Salesa. 2008. Creodonta and Carnivora from the Early Miocene of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20:291-310

Parent taxon: Hyaenodontidae according to F. Solé and B. Mennecart 2019

See also Morales et al. 2008 and Werdelin and Cote 2010

Sister taxa: Acarictis, Acrohyaenodon, Ahknatenavus, Arfia, Boritia, Cartierodon, Cynohyaenodon, Eurotherium, Galecyon, Gazinocyon, Hyaenaelurinae, Hyaenodontinae, Hyaenodontipus, Indohyaenodontinae, Ischnognathus, Koholiinae, Leonhardtina, Matthodon, Neohyaenodon, Oxyaenoides, Paracynohyaenodon, Preregidens, Prodissopsalis, Protopsalis, Prototomus, Proviverroides, Pyrocyon, Quercytherium, Schizophagus, Sinopa, Thereutherium, Tinerhodon, Tritemnodon

Subtaxa: Namasector Prionogale

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Namibia (1 collection), Uganda (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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