Indohyaenodontidae

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Indohyaenodontidae
Temporal range: 54.51–37.2  Ma
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Early to Late Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Family: Indohyaenodontidae
Solé, 2013 [1]
Type genus
Indohyaenodon
Bajpai, 2009
Genera
Synonyms
  • Indohyaenodontinae (Solé, 2014)

Indohyaenodontidae ("indian hyaenodonts") is an extinct family of placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to late Eocene deposits in Asia. [2]

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Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

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References

  1. Solé, F.; Lhuillier, J.; Adaci, M.; Bensalah, M.; Mahboubi, M.; Tabuce, R. (2013). "The hyaenodontidans from the Gour Lazib area (?Early Eocene, Algeria): implications concerning the systematics and the origin of the Hyainailourinae and Teratodontinae". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 12 (3): 303–322. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.795196. S2CID   84475034.
  2. Rana, Rajendra S.; Kumar, Kishor; Zack, Shawn P.; Solé, Floreal; Rose, Kenneth D.; Missiaen, Pieter; Singh, Lachham; Sahni, Ashok; Smith, Thierry (2015). "Craniodental and postcranial morphology of Indohyaenodon raoifrom the early eocene of india, and its implications for ecology, phylogeny, and biogeography of hyaenodontid mammals". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (5): e965308. doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.965308. S2CID   84070383.