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Hyaenodon horridus

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)4974182https://www.gbif.org/species/4974182
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)47127https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=47127
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodontidae : Hyaenodon : Hyaenodon horridus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodonta : Hyaenodontidae : Hyaenodon : Hyaenodon horridus
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 horridusLeidy 1853
Generic NameHyaenodon
Scientific NameHyaenodon horridus (Leidy, 1853)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hyaenodon horridusspeciesbelongs to Hyaenodonstated without evidenceLeidy, 1853
Hyaenodon horridusspeciesbelongs to Hyaenodonstated with evidenceScott, 1892
Hyaenodon horridusspeciesbelongs to Hyaenodonstated without evidenceHay, 1902
Hyaenodon horridusspeciesbelongs to Neohyaenodonstated without evidenceThorpe, 1922
Hyaenodon horridusspeciesbelongs to Hyaenodonstated without evidenceScott and Jepsen, 1936
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance33.3 - 30.8 Ma
Oligocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Hyaenodon)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Leidy. 1853. [On leave granted, Dr. Leidy made the following coinmnunication]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6:392-394
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyaenodon_horridus

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Neohyaenodon horridus (Leidy, 1853)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodontidae : Hyaenodon : Neohyaenodon horridus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1853Hyaenodon horridus Leidy p. 392
1857Hyaenodon horridus Leidy p. 90
1892Hyaenodon horridus Scott p. 317
1902Hyaenodon horridus Hay p. 758
1922Neohyaenodon horridus Thorpe
1936Hyaenodon horridus Scott and Jepsen
YearName and Author
1953Hyaenodon horridus Galbreath
1966Hyaenodon horridus Van Valen
1977Hyaenodon horridus Mellett
1986Hyaenodon horridus Gustafson
1998Hyaenodon horridus Gunnell

References

Leidy J. [On leave granted, Dr. Leidy made the following coinmnunication], Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6, 392-394
Scott W. B. A revision of the North American Creodonta with notes on some genera which have been referred to that group, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 44, 291-323
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
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
Scott W. B., Jepsen G. L. (1936) The Mammalian Fauna of the White River Oligocene: Part I. Insectivora and Carnivora, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 28 1, 1-153 doi:10.2307/1005507
Galbreath E. C. (1953) A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4, 1-120
Van Valen L. (1966) Deltatheridia, a new order of Mammals, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 132 1, 1-126
Mellett J. S. (1977) Paleobiology of North American Hyaenodon (Mammalia, Creodonta), Contributions to Vertebrate Evolution 1, 1-134
Gustafson E. P. (1986) Carnivorous mammals of the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas, Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 33, 1-66
Gunnell G. F. (1998) Creotonda, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate like Mammals
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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