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Hyaenodon crucians

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)4974186https://www.gbif.org/species/4974186
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)47124https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=47124
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodontidae : Hyaenodon : Hyaenodon crucians
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodonta : Hyaenodontidae : Hyaenodon : Hyaenodon crucians
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 cruciansLeidy 1853
Generic NameHyaenodon
Scientific NameHyaenodon crucians Leidy, 1853
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hyaenodon cruciansspeciesbelongs to Hyaenodonstated without evidenceLeidy, 1853
Hyaenodon cruciansspeciesbelongs to Hyaenodonstated with evidenceScott, 1892
Hyaenodon cruciansspeciesbelongs to Hyaenodonstated without evidenceHay, 1902
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance40.4 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance33.9 - 33.3 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_crucians

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Hyaenodon paucidens Osborn & Wortman, 1894GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodontidae : Hyaenodon : Hyaenodon paucidens
Pseudopterodon minutus (Douglass, 1902)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodontidae : Hyaenodon : Pseudopterodon minutus
Hyaenodon minutus (Douglass, 1902)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodontidae : Hyaenodon : Hyaenodon minutus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1853Hyaenodon crucians Leidy p. 393
1857Hyaenodon crucians Leidy p. 90
1892Hyaenodon crucians Scott p. 317
1894Hyaenodon paucidens Osborn and Wortman
1902Hyaenodon minutus Douglass p. 255
1902Hyaenodon crucians Hay p. 758
1902Hyaenodon paucidens Hay p. 759
YearName and Author
1903Pseudopterodon minutus Matthew p. 208 fig. 6
1908Hyaenodon crucians Lambe
1922Hyaenodon crucians Thorpe
1922Hyaenodon minutus Thorpe
1922Hyaenodon paucidens Thorpe
1933Hyaenodon minutus Stock

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
Osborn H. F., Wortman J. L. Fossil mammals of the Lower Miocene White River beds. Collection of 1892, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 6 7, 199-228
Douglass E. (1902) Fossil Mammalia of the White River beds of Montana, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 20, 237-279
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Matthew W. D. (1903) The fauna of the Titanotherium Beds at Pipestone Springs, Montana, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19 6, 197-226
Lambe L. M. (1908) The Vertebrata of the Oligocene of the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3 4, 1-65 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61444
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
Stock C. (1933) Hyænodontidæ of the Upper Eocene of California, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 19 4, 434-440
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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