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Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) pilgrimi

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) pilgrimi was named by Savage (1965). Its type specimen is BMNH M. 19100a-c, a partial skeleton (air of complete mandibles with posterior fragment of skull and 7 cervical vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rusinga Island, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Kenya. It is the type species of Exiguodon.

It was recombined as Isohyaenodon pilgrimi by Savage (1956), Morales et al. (1998) and Morales et al. (2007); it was recombined as Exiguodon pilgrimi by Morales and Pickford (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. aymardi, H. compressus, H. requieni, H. matthewsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Isohyaenodon pilgrimi Savage
1965Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) pilgrimi Savage p. 283 figs. Text-figs. 44-49
1998Isohyaenodon pilgrimi Morales et al. p. 636
2007Isohyaenodon pilgrimi Morales et al. p. 72
2017Exiguodon pilgrimi Morales and Pickford p. 346

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyHyaenodontinaeTrouessart 1885
genusHyaenodonLaizer and Parieu 1838
subgenusIsohyaenodon
speciespilgrimi

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: Lillegraven 1979, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Gunnell 1998

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Hyaenodon pilgrimi (type locality: 21725 21726)