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Hyaenodon
Taxonomy
Hyaenodon was named by Laizer and Parieu (1838) [genotype European H. leptorhynchus]. It is not extant. Its type is Hyaenodon leptorhynchus.
It was assigned to Hyaenodontidae by Laizer and Parieu (1838), Andrews (1906), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Wang et al. (2005); and to Hyaenodontinae by Van Valen (1967) and Peigné et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Hyaenodontidae by Laizer and Parieu (1838), Andrews (1906), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Wang et al. (2005); and to Hyaenodontinae by Van Valen (1967) and Peigné et al. (2007).
Species
H. brevirostrus, H. crucians (syn. H. leptocephalus, H. minutus, H. paucidens), H. filholi (syn. H. vulpinus), H. horridus (syn. H. cruentus), H. incertus (syn. Pterodon exploratus), H. leptorhynchus (type species), H. megaloides, H. microdon, H. montanus, H. mustelinus, H. raineyi, H. venturae (syn. H. exiguus), H. vetus (syn. Pterodon californicus), H. weilini, H. yuanchuensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Sister genera
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1838 | Hyaenodon Laizer and Parieu |
| 1841 | Taxotherium Blainville |
| 1887 | Pseudopterodon Schlosser |
| 1906 | Hyaenodon Andrews p. 218 |
| 1922 | Neohyaenodon Thorpe |
| 1933 | Protohyaenodon Stock |
| 1967 | Hyaenodon Van Valen |
| 1997 | Hyaenodon McKenna and Bell |
| 2005 | Hyaenodon Wang et al. p. 2 |
| 2007 | Hyaenodon Peigné et al. p. 443 |
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