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Hyaenodon montanus

Description

Hyaenodon ("hyena-tooth") is the type genus of the Hyaenodontidae, a family of extinct carnivorous fossil mammals from Eurasia, North America, and Africa, with species existing temporally from the Eocene until the middle Miocene, existing for about 26.1 million years.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4974178https://www.gbif.org/species/4974178
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)47132https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=47132
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodontidae : Hyaenodon : Hyaenodon montanus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodonta : Hyaenodontidae : Hyaenodon : Hyaenodon montanus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderHyaenodonta
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyHyaenodontinaeTrouessart 1885
genusHyaenodonLaizer and Parieu 1838
speciesHyaenodon montanusDouglass 1902
Generic NameHyaenodon
Scientific NameHyaenodon montanus Douglass, 1902
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hyaenodon montanusspeciesbelongs to Hyaenodonstated with evidenceDouglass, 1902
Hyaenodon montanusspeciesbelongs to Hyaenodonstated without evidenceThorpe, 1922
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance40.4 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Hyaenodon)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. Douglass. 1902. Fossil Mammalia of the White River beds of Montana. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 20:237-279
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyaenodon_montanus

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1902Hyaenodon montanus Douglass p. 253
1922Hyaenodon montanus Thorpe

References

Douglass E. (1902) Fossil Mammalia of the White River beds of Montana, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 20, 237-279
Thorpe M. R. (1922) A new genus of Oligocene Hyaenodontidae, American Journal of Science 3 16, 277-287 doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-3.16.277
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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