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Hyaenodon pervagus

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyaenodon pervagus was named by Matthew and Granger (1924). Its type specimen is AMNH 19005, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loh, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Hyaenodon pervagus Matthew and Granger
2008Hyaenodon pervagus Tsubamoto et al.

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyHyaenodontinaeTrouessart 1885
genusHyaenodonLaizer and Parieu 1838
speciespervagus

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.

†Hyaenodon pervagus Matthew and Granger 1924
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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: Carroll 1988, Gunnell 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.20000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) Hyaenodon pervagus (174716 176016)
Ulangochuian37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Hyaenodon pervagus (73808)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Ömnögovi) Hyaenodon pervagus (176360)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Hyaenodon pervagus (180961 201185 201191)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Gansu) Hyaenodon pervagus (53972)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia Hyaenodon pervagus (type locality: 53979)