Hyaenodon leptorhynchus Laizer and Parieu 1838 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Belongs to Hyaenodon according to P. D. Polly 1996

See also Cray 1973 and Hay 1902

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 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: FSL 70000, a mandible. Its type locality is Cournon, which is in a MP 28 terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (13 collections), Germany (2)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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