Biology:Hyainailourini

Short description: Extinct subfamily of mammals

Hyainailourini Temporal range: 40.0–11.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Eocene to Middle Miocene
illustration of Falcatodon schlosseri
Pterodon dasyuroides skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyainailouroidea
Family:	†Hyainailouridae
Subfamily:	†Hyainailourinae
Tribe:	†Hyainailourini Ginsburg, 1980
Type genus
†Hyainailouros (polyphyletic genus) Biedermann, 1863
Genera
[see classification]
Synonyms
Hyaninailourini (Ginsburg, 1980) Pterodontini (Lavrov, 1999)

Hyainailourini ("hyena-cats") is an extinct polyphyletic tribe of hyainailourid hyaenodonts from paraphyletic subfamily Hyainailourinae that lived in Africa, Asia and Europe during the middle Eocene to middle Miocene.

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• Tribe: †Hyainailourini ^{(polyphyletic tribe)} (Ginsburg, 1980)
  • Genus: †Exiguodon (Morales & Pickford, 2017)
    • †Exiguodon pilgrimi (Savage, 1965)
  • Genus: †Falcatodon (Morales & Pickford, 2017)
    • †Falcatodon schlosseri (Holroyd, 1999)
  • Genus: †Hyainailouros ^{(polyphyletic genus)} (Biedermann, 1863)
    • †Hyainailouros bugtiensis (Pilgrim, 1912)
    • †Hyainailouros napakensis (Ginsburg, 1980)
    • †Hyainailouros sulzeri (Biedermann, 1863)
  • Genus: †Parapterodon (Lange-Badré, 1979)
    • †Parapterodon lostangensis (Lange-Badré, 1979)
  • Genus: †Sectisodon (Morales & Pickford, 2017)
    • †Sectisodon markgrafi (Holroyd, 1999)
    • †Sectisodon occultus (Morales & Pickford, 2017)
  • Genus: †Sivapterodon (Ginsburg, 1980)
    • †Sivapterodon lahirii (Pilgrim, 1932)
  • Subtribe: †Isohyaenodontina ^{(polyphyletic subtribe)} (Lavrov, 1999)
    • Genus: †Isohyaenodon ^{(polyphyletic genus)} (Savage, 1965)
      • †Isohyaenodon andrewsi (Savage, 1965)
      • †Isohyaenodon zadoki (Savage, 1965)
  • (unranked): †Pterodon clade
    • Genus: †Kerberos (Solé, 2015)
      • †Kerberos langebadreae (Solé, 2015)
    • Subtribe: †Pterodontina (Lavrov, 1999)
      • Genus: †Pterodon (Blainville, 1839)
        • †Pterodon dasyuroides (Blainville, 1839)
    • Incertae sedis:
      • †"Pterodon" syrtos (Holroyd, 1999)
  • Incertae sedis:
    • †"Pterodon" africanus (Andrews, 1903)
    • †"Pterodon" phiomensis (Osborn, 1909)
    • †"Pterodon" sp. [DPC 5036] (Holroyd, 1999)

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of tribe Hyainailourini are shown in the following cladogram:

†Hyaenodonta	†Eoproviverra       †Boualitomidae           †Arfiidae     †Limnocyonidae       †Sinopidae       †Hyaenodontoidea         †Gazinocyon     †Pyrocyon       †Galecyon    †Afro‑Arabian clade    †Parvavorodon         †Indohyaenodontidae     †Glibzegdouia         †Koholiidae     †Tritemnodon     †Teratodontidae       †Apterodontinae       †Maocyon †Maocyon/Orienspterodon clade     †Orienspterodon         †Hyainailourinae     †Hemipsalodon    ?  †Ischnognathus   †Akhnatenavus clade     †Akhnatenavus       †"Pterodon" sp. (BC 15’08)     †Hyainailourinae sp. (UON 84-359)     †Hyainailourinae sp. C (DPC 9243 & DPC 10315)     †Hyainailourinae sp. D (DPC 6545)        †Kerberos  †Kerberos langebadreae     †"Pterodon" syrtos   †Pterodon clade      †Pterodontina   †Pterodon  †Pterodon dasyuroides                 †Hyainailourinae sp. A (DPC 6555)     †"Pterodon" africanus    †Parapterodon  †Parapterodon lostangensis       †"Pterodon" sp. (DPC 5036)     †"Pterodon" phiomensis   †Hyainailourini     †Paroxyaenini          †Sectisodon    †Sectisodon markgrafi     †Sectisodon occultus          †Falcatodon  †Falcatodon schlosseri        †Exiguodon  †Exiguodon pilgrimi     †Isohyaenodon zadoki           †Isohyaenodon  (†Isohyaenodontina)   †Isohyaenodon andrewsi      †Sivapterodon  †Sivapterodon lahirii     †Hyainailouros bugtiensis         †Hyainailouros napakensis   †Hyainailouros       †Hyainailouros sulzeri     †Hyainailourinae sp. (GSN AD 100’96)       †Simbakubwa         †Leakitheriini     †Megistotherium         †Mlanyama     †Metapterodontini         †Pakakali     †Prionogalidae        †Hyainailouridae

See also

• Mammal classification
• Hyainailourinae

References

Wikidata ☰ Q34463758 entry