Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae

Full reference: M. R. Borths and N. J. Stevens. 2019. Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, ‘Creodonta,’ Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(1):e1570222

Parent taxon: Hyainailourinae according to M. R. Borths and N. J. Stevens 2019

Sister taxa: Akhnatenavus, Dissopsalini, Hemipsalodon, Hyainailourini, Hyainailouros, Isohyaenodon, Kerberos, Leakitherium, Megistotherium, Metapterodon, Metapterodontini, Mlanyama, Orienspterodon, Parapterodon, Paroxyaenini, Parvavorodon, Pterodon

Subtaxa: Simbakubwa kutokaafrika

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Type: Simbakubwa kutokaafrika

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Muhoroni Agglomerates, Meswa Bridge (Miocene of Kenya)

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