Hyainailurus

Hyainailurus
Temporal range: Miocene
Tooth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Family: Hyainailouridae
Subfamily: Hyainailourinae
Genus: Hyainailurus
Biedermann, 1863
Species
  • H. sulzeri Biedermann, 1863 (type)
  • H. napakensis Ginsburg, 1980
  • H. bugtiensis Pilgrim, 1910

Hyainailurus is an extinct genus of hyaenodont mammal of the family Hyainailouridae[1] that lived during the Miocene, of which there were at least three species spread across Europe, Africa, and Asia.[2]

References

  1. ↑ F. Solé, J. Lhuillier, M. Adaci, M. Bensalah, M. Mahboubi and R. Tabuce. 2014. The hyaenodontidans from the Gour Lazib area (?Early Eocene, Algeria): implications concerning the systematics and the origin of the Hyainailourinae and Teratodontinae. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(3):303-322
  2. ↑ Morlo, M.; Miller, E. R.; El-Barkooky, A. N. (2007). "Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27: 145. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[145:CACFWM]2.0.CO;2.


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