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Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) andrewsi

Osteichthyes - Hyaenodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) andrewsi was named by Savage (1965). Its type specimen is BMNH M. 15048, a mandible (Right mandibular fragment with Mj_3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) andrewsi Savage p. 281 figs. PI. 4, fig. 6; Text-figs. 38-40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyHyaenodontinaeTrouessart 1885
genusHyaenodonLaizer and Parieu 1838
subgenusIsohyaenodon
speciesandrewsi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:30:16
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:30:16
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Gunnell 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Hyaenodon andrewsi (21725 21726)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya (Northern Frontier District) Hyaenodon andrewsi (122454)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Kenya Hyaenodon andrewsi (21724)