| Honanodon Temporal range: | |
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| H. macrodontus and H. hebetis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | † Mesonychia |
| Family: | † Hapalodectidae |
| Genus: | † Honanodon Chow, 1965 |
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Honanodon is an extinct genus of hapalodectid mesonychian found Middle to Late Eocene strata of China and Pakistan.
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| Triisodontidae |  | |
| Mesonychidae | ||
| Hapalodectidae | ||
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