Hyainailourinae
Extinct subfamily of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hyainailourinae ("hyena-cats") is an extinct subfamily of hyainailourid hyaenodonts that lived in Africa, Asia, North America and Europe from the middle Eocene to middle Miocene.[5][6][7][8] They appeared in Africa about 47.8 Ma ago and soon after spread as far as East Asia.[9]
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Hyainailourinae | |
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Comparison of various Early to Middle Miocene hyaenodonts, including the hyainailurids Hyainailouros sulzeri (top) and Megistotherium osteothlastes (center), and teratodontid Dissopsalis pyroclasticus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
Superfamily: | †Hyainailouroidea |
Family: | †Hyainailouridae |
Subfamily: | †Hyainailourinae Pilgrim, 1932[1] |
Type genus | |
†Hyainailouros Biedermann, 1863 | |
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