Mammalia - Hyaenodonta - Hyainailouridae
Parent taxon: Hyainailourinae according to M. R. Borths and N. J. Stevens 2017
See also Alroy 2002, Andrews 1906, Cope 1880, Cope 1880, McKenna and Bell 1997, Morales and Pickford 2017, Peigné et al. 2007, Pickford et al. 2008, Polly 1996, Savage 1965, Solé et al. 2015, Solé et al. 2014 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Akhnatenavus, Dissopsalini, Hemipsalodon, Hyainailourini, Hyainailouros, Isohyaenodon, Kerberos, Leakitherium, Megistotherium, Metapterodon, Metapterodontini, Mlanyama, Orienspterodon, Parapterodon, Paroxyaenini, Parvavorodon, Simbakubwa
Subtaxa: Pterodon africanus Pterodon dasyuroides Pterodon hyaenoides Pterodon leptognathus Pterodon magnus Pterodon nyanzae Pterodon phiomensis Pterodon syrtos
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (2 collections), Pakistan (1)
• Oligocene of Egypt (3), the United Kingdom (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Egypt (1)
• Eocene of China (1), France (3), Namibia (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 14 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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