Prolaena Xu et al. 1979 (placental)

Mammalia - Hyaenodonta

Parent taxon: Limnocyoninae according to Y. Tong and Y. Lei 1986

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Iridodon, Limnocyon, Limnocyonini, Machaeroidini, Oxyaenodon, Prolimnocyon, Thinocyon

Subtaxa: Prolaena parva

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Shipigou (Eocene to Oligocene of China)

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