Mammalia - Hyaenodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Full reference: Q. Li, J. Q. Sheng, A. Bi and Q. Li. 2025. A new small hyaenodon (Hyaenodonta: Hyaenodontinae) from the Eocene Lingbao Basin, Henan Province, China. The Anatomical Record 1-11

Belongs to Hyaenodon according to Q. Li et al. 2025

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 pervagus, Hyaenodon raineyi, Hyaenodon venturae, Hyaenodon vetus, Hyaenodon weilini, Hyaenodon yuanchuensis

Type specimen: IVPP V31989, a maxilla (left partial maxilla with DP3-M1). Its type locality is Chuankou, Lingbao (Paleogene), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Chuankuo Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chuankou, Lingbao (Paleogene)

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