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Hyaenodontinae

Osteichthyes - Hyaenodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Hyaenodontinae Trouessart
1902Hyaenodontinae Hay p. 758
1965Hyaenodontinae Savage p. 267
1967Hyaenodontinae Van Valen
1973Hyaenodontinae Cray p. 83
1996Hyaenodontinae Polly
1998Hyaenodontinae Morales et al. p. 634
2007Hyaenodontinae Morales et al. p. 72
2016Hyaenodontinae Borths et al.
2019Hyaenodontinae Solé and Mennecart
2019Hyaenodontinae Zack p. 17

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyHyaenodontinaeTrouessart 1885
subfamilyHyaenodontinaeTrouessart 1885

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.

Subfm. †Hyaenodontinae Trouessart 1885
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G. †Hyaenodon Laizer and Parieu 1838
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†Hyaenodon americanus Bravard 1858
†Hyaenodon bavaricus Dehm 1935
†Hyaenodon brachycephalus Osborn 1909
†Hyaenodon brevirostrus Macdonald 1970
†Hyaenodon chunkhtensis Dashzeveg 1985
†Hyaenodon crucians Leidy 1853
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Invalid names: Hyaenodon minutus Douglass 1902 [synonym], Hyaenodon paucidens Osborn and Wortman 1894 [synonym]
†Hyaenodon cruentus Leidy 1853
†Hyaenodon dubius Filhol 1873
†Hyaenodon eminus Matthew and Granger 1925
†Hyaenodon filholi Schlosser 1877
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Invalid names: Hyaenodon vulpinus Filhol 1876 [synonym]
†Hyaenodon gigas Dashzeveg 1985
†Hyaenodon horridus Leidy 1853
†Hyaenodon incertus Dashzeveg 1985
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Invalid names: Pterodon exploratus Dashzeveg 1985 [synonym]
†Hyaenodon leptorhynchus Laizer and Parieu 1838
†Hyaenodon lingbaoensis Li et al. 2025
†Hyaenodon megaloides Mellett 1977
†Hyaenodon microdon Mellett 1977
†Hyaenodon minor Lange-Badré 1979
†Hyaenodon mongoliensis Dashzeveg 1964
†Hyaenodon montanus Douglass 1902
†Hyaenodon mustelinus Scott 1894
†Hyaenodon neimongoliensis Huang and Zhu 2002
†Hyaenodon pervagus Matthew and Granger 1924
†Hyaenodon raineyi Gustafson 1986
†Hyaenodon venturae Mellett 1977
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Invalid names: Hyaenodon exiguus Stock 1933 [synonym]
†Hyaenodon vetus Stock 1933
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Invalid names: Pterodon californicus Stock 1933 [synonym]
†Hyaenodon weilini Wang et al. 2005
†Hyaenodon yuanchuensis Young 1937
Invalid names: Protohyaenodon Stock 1933 [synonym], Pseudopterodon Schlosser 1887 [synonym], Taxotherium Blainville 1841 [synonym]
G. †Isphanatherium Lavrov and Averianov 1998
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†Isphanatherium ferganensis Lavrov and Averianov 1998
G. †Megalopterodon Dashzeveg 1964
G. †Neoparapterodon Lavrov 1996
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†Neoparapterodon rechetovi Dashzeveg 1985
G. †Propterodon Martin 1906
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†Propterodon morrisi Matthew and Granger 1924
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Invalid names: Propterodon irdinensis Matthew and Granger 1925 [synonym]
†Propterodon panganensis de Bonis et al. 2018
†Propterodon tongi Liu and Huang 2002
†Propterodon witteri Zack 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:44:28
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:44:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Gunnell 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 56.00000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (145 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Neoparapterodon sp., Isphanatherium ferganensis (28490)
Irdinmanhan56.0 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Paracynohyaenodon morrisi (109067)
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Shanxi) Hyaenodon yuanchuensis (42194)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 37.71France (Aude) Hyaenodon sp. (78233)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Hyaenodontinae indet. (149173)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Hyaenodon sp. (41989 41992)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Propterodon morrisi (28792 89041 176545)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Shandong) Propterodon sp. (175281)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region) Hyaenodon sp., Hyaenodon mongoliensis (241728)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mongolia (Ovorhangai) Pterodon rechetovi (93596)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Henan) Hyaenodon lingbaoensis (239864) Hyaenodon sp., Propterodon irdinensis (46193)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Shanxi) Propterodon tongi (174907)
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Utah) Propterodon witteri (16594)
Uintan - Duchesnean45.9 - 37.0USA (New Mexico) Hyaenodon sp. (16879)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Rhone-Alpes Region) Hyaenodon schlosseri (31741)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Myanmar Propterodon panganensis (41110)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Utah) Hyaenodon sp. (16861)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) Hyaenodon crucians, Hyaenodon montanus (16835) Hyaenodon montanus (16830) Hyaenodon sp. (16828) Hyaenodon vetus (16836 16857)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (California) Hyaenodon exiguus, Hyaenodon vetus (16810)
Duchesnean - Chadronian39.7 - 33.9USA (Montana) Hyaenodon sp. (16840)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogobi Aimag) Hyaenodon chunkhtensis (152082)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Hyaenodon sp. (182572 182574)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) Hyaenodon brachyrhynchus, Hyaenodon requieni, Hyaenodon minor (12850)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) Hyaenodon sp. (38303 174918 205811) Hyaenodon sp., Hyaenodon eminus, Hyaenodon pervagus, Megalopterodon mongoliensis (176016) Hyaenodon sp., Hyaenodon incertus, Hyaenodon eminus, Hyaenodon pervagus, Hyaenodon mongoliensis, Hyaenodon gigas (174716) Pterodon exploratus, Hyaenodon gigas, Pterodon sp. (174715)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Hyaenodon minor (40030)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia Hyaenodon eminus (73781)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Hyaenodon brachyrhynchus (12842) Hyaenodon minor (12849) Hyaenodon sp.1 (31764)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Hyaenodon requieni (31747)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Hyaenodon minor (31751)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Hyaenodon vulpinus (12848)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Hyaenodon sp. (39643)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Hyaenodon requieni, Hyaenodon minor (31760)
Ulangochuian37.71 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Hyaenodon incertus, Hyaenodon pervagus (73808) Hyaenodon mongoliensis (73811)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Egypt (Fayum) Hyaenodon sp. (65960)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3China (Henan) Propterodon sp. (174738)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Hyaenodon crucians, Hyaenodon horridus (16942 16943) Hyaenodon crucians, Hyaenodon montanus (16962) Hyaenodon horridus, Hyaenodon venturae (17045) Hyaenodon megaloides, Hyaenodon montanus, Hyaenodon mustelinus (16963) Hyaenodon montanus (16964) Hyaenodon sp. (16920 16952) Hyaenodon venturae (16960) Hyaenodon vetus (16961)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Hyaenodon crucians (16918 16930)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (New Mexico) Hyaenodon horridus (17002)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Hyaenodon cruentus (16938) Hyaenodon horridus, Hyaenodon montanus (16885) Hyaenodon montanus, Hyaenodon cruentus (17006)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Texas) Hyaenodon crucians (16887) Hyaenodon horridus (17030) Hyaenodon sp. (16888)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Montana) Hyaenodon minutus (16988) Hyaenodon sp. (16990)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Hyaenodon horridus (17023) Hyaenodon horridus, Hyaenodon microdon, Hyaenodon mustelinus (16919)
Chadronian - Orellan37.0 - 31.8USA (Wyoming) Hyaenodon sp. (16993)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Wyoming) Hyaenodon crucians, Hyaenodon horridus (17104 17105 17106)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (South Dakota) Hyaenodon crucians (17296) Hyaenodon crucians, Hyaenodon cruentus (17295) Hyaenodon crucians, Hyaenodon horridus (17133 17153) Hyaenodon mustelinus (17092) Hyaenodon sp. (17094 17173 17187 17189 163487)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Colorado) Hyaenodon crucians, Hyaenodon mustelinus (17081) Hyaenodon horridus (17082 17083)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) Hyaenodon crucians (17098 17164)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Nei Mongol) Hyaenodon sp. 1, Hyaenodon sp. 2, Hyaenodon neimongoliensis (174759)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Ningxia) Hyaenodon sp. (182895)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia (Ömnögovi) Hyaenodon sp., Hyaenodon pervagus, Hyaenodon chunkhtensis (176360)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Hyaenodon eminus, Hyaenodon pervagus (180961) Hyaenodon incertus, Hyaenodon pervagus, Hyaenodon gigas (201191) Hyaenodon mongoliensis (187301) Hyaenodon pervagus (201185)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Xinjiang) Hyaenodon sp. (180951 180952)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia Hyaenodon pervagus (53979)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Gansu) Hyaenodon pervagus (53972)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia (Dornogovi) Hyaenodon indet. (176559)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Auvergne Region) Hyaenodon leptorhynchus, Hyaenodon dubius (31767)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Hyaenodon aymardi (31583)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Czechia Hyaenodon sp. (91467)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine ) Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (183511)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France Hyaenodon leptorhynchus, Hyaenodon dubius (183452)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (181092)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France (Midi-Pyrenées) Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (167537)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3Germany (Bayern) Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (91491)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (36709)
MP 2433.9 - 27.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Hyaenodon leptorhynchus, Hyaenodon dubius (182658)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (South Dakota) Hyaenodon horridus (17337) Hyaenodon sp. (17336 17338 17343 17345 17358 17384)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (South Dakota) Hyaenodon brevirostrus (17612)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) Hyaenodon sp. (17497)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Hyaenodon sp. (17513)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Hyaenodon compressus, Hyaenodon filholi (182805)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Tarn-et-Garonne) Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (181648)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Georgia Hyaenodon aymardi, Hyaenodon sp. (182744)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Türkiye (Anatolia) Hyaenodon sp. (184173)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Gansu) Megalopterodon sp. (71433)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Germany Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (183664)
MP 2527.3 - 23.04France Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (60214)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Puy-de-Dôme) Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (179177)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (36712 36715)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04France (Aquitaine) Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (37208)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Hyaenodon andrewsi, Hyaenodon matthewi, Hyaenodon pilgrimi (21725) Hyaenodon matthewsi, Hyaenodon andrewsi, Hyaenodon pilgrimi (21726) Hyaenodon sp. (27858 38060 87341)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya (Northern Frontier District) Hyaenodon andrewsi (122454)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Gansu) Hyaenodon sp. (42065)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Kenya Hyaenodon andrewsi (21724)