Hyaenodontinae

Hyaenodontinae; Temporal range: 55.2–16.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene to Early Miocene
	skull of Hyaenodon horridus
	dentary fragment of Propterodon witteri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyaenodontoidea
Family:	†Hyaenodontidae
Subfamily:	†Hyaenodontinae; Leidy, 1869
Type genus
	†Hyaenodon; Laizer & Parieu, 1838
Genera
	†Consobrinus; †Propterodon(paraphyletic genus); Tribe: †Hyaenodontini †Hyaenodon; ;
Synonyms
	Hyaenodontidae (Leidy, 1869); Hyaenodontini (Van Valen, 1965);

Hyaenodontinae ("hyena teeth") is an extinct subfamily of predatory placental mammals from extinct family Hyaenodontidae. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early Eocene to early Miocene deposits in Europe, Asia and North America.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Classification and phylogeny[edit]

Taxonomy[edit]

Subfamily: †Hyaenodontinae (Trouessart, 1885)
- Genus: †Consobrinus (Lange-Badre, 1979)
  - †Consobrinus quercy (Lange-Badre, 1979)
- Genus: †Propterodon ^{(paraphyletic genus)} (Martin, 1906)
  - †Propterodon morrisi (Matthew & Granger, 1924)
  - †Propterodon paganensis (de Bonis, 2018)
  - †Propterodon tongi (Liu & Huang, 2002)
  - †Propterodon witteri (Zack, 2019)
- Tribe: †Epipterodontini (Lavrov, 1999)
  - Genus: †Epipterodon (Lavrov, 1999)
    - †Epipterodon hyaenoides (Matthew & Granger, 1925)
  - Genus: †Immanopterodon (Lavrov, 1999)
    - †Immanopterodon acutidens (Lavrov, 1999)
    - †Immanopterodon implacidus (Lavrov, 1999)
- Tribe: †Hyaenodontini (Leidy, 1869)
  - Genus: †Hyaenodon (Laizer & Parieu, 1838)
    - †Hyaenodon brachyrhynchus (Blainville, 1841)
    - †Hyaenodon chunkhtensis (Dashzeveg, 1985)
    - †Hyaenodon dubius (Filhol, 1873)
    - †Hyaenodon eminus (Matthew & Granger, 1925)
    - †Hyaenodon exiguus (Gervais, 1873)
    - †Hyaenodon filholi (Schlosser, 1887)
    - †Hyaenodon gervaisi (Martin, 1906)
    - †Hyaenodon heberti (Filhol, 1876)
    - †Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (Laizer & Parieu, 1838)
    - †Hyaenodon minor (Lange-Badré, 1979)
    - †Hyaenodon pervagus (Matthew & Granger, 1924)
    - †Hyaenodon pumilus (Lavrov, 1999)
    - †Hyaenodon requieni (Gervais, 1846)
    - †Hyaenodon rossignoli (Lange-Badré, 1979)
    - †Hyaenodon weilini (Wang, 2005)
    - †Hyaenodon yuanchuensis (Young, 1937)
    - Subgenus: †Neohyaenodon ^{(paraphyletic subgenus)} (Thorpe, 1922)
      - †Hyaenodon gigas (Dashzeveg, 1985)
      - †Hyaenodon horridus (Leidy, 1853)
      - †Hyaenodon incertus (Dashzeveg, 1985)
      - †Hyaenodon macrocephalus (Lavrov, 1999)
      - †Hyaenodon megaloides (Mellett, 1977)
      - †Hyaenodon milvinus (Lavrov, 1999)
      - †Hyaenodon mongoliensis (Dashzeveg, 1964)
      - †Hyaenodon montanus (Douglass, 1902)
      - †Hyaenodon vetus (Stock, 1933)
    - Subgenus: †Protohyaenodon ^{(paraphyletic subgenus)} (Stock, 1933)
      - †Hyaenodon brevirostrus (Macdonald, 1970)
      - †Hyaenodon crucians (Leidy, 1853)
      - †Hyaenodon microdon (Mellett, 1977)
      - †Hyaenodon mustelinus (Scott, 1894)
      - †Hyaenodon raineyi (Gustafson, 1986)
      - †Hyaenodon venturae (Mellett, 1977)

References[edit]

^ Leidy J. (1869.) "On the extinct Mammalia of Dakota and Nebraska: including an account of some allied forms from other localities, together with a synopsis of the mammalian remains of North America." Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia 7: 1–472.
^ Van Valen, Leigh (1965). "Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia)" (PDF). Palaeontology. 8: 638–665.
^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
^ Solé, F.; Falconnet, J.; Yves, L. (2014). "New proviverrines (Hyaenodontida) from the early Eocene of Europe; phylogeny and ecological evolution of the Proviverrinae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171 (4): 878–917. doi:10.1111/zoj.12155.
^ Floréal Solé; Bastien Mennecart (2019). "A large hyaenodont from the Lutetian of Switzerland expands the body mass range of the European mammalian predators during the Eocene". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64 (2): 275–290. doi:10.4202/app.00581.2018.

[1] Leidy J. (1869.) "On the extinct Mammalia of Dakota and Nebraska: including an account of some allied forms from other localities, together with a synopsis of the mammalian remains of North America." Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia 7: 1–472.

[2] Van Valen, Leigh (1965). "Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia)" (PDF). Palaeontology. 8: 638–665.

[McKenna_&_Bell-3] McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

[4] Solé, F.; Falconnet, J.; Yves, L. (2014). "New proviverrines (Hyaenodontida) from the early Eocene of Europe; phylogeny and ecological evolution of the Proviverrinae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171 (4): 878–917. doi:10.1111/zoj.12155.

[5] Floréal Solé; Bastien Mennecart (2019). "A large hyaenodont from the Lutetian of Switzerland expands the body mass range of the European mammalian predators during the Eocene". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64 (2): 275–290. doi:10.4202/app.00581.2018.

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