Hyainailouros
| Hyainailouros Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Family: | †Hyainailouridae |
| Tribe: | †Hyainailourini |
| Genus: | †Hyainailouros Biedermann, 1863 |
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Hyainailurus is an extinct genus of hyaenodont mammal of the family Hyainailouridae[1] that lived during the Miocene, of which there were at least three species spread across Europe, Africa, and Asia.[2] Closely related to other large African creodonts such as Simbakubwa and Megistotherium, Hyainailurus walked with a semi-digitigrade stance and was probably capable of large, leaping bounds.[3]
Alongside its African relatives and the last members of the genus Hyaenodon from Asia, Hyainailurus was among the largest creodonts that existed.
References
- ^ F. Solé, J. Lhuillier, M. Adaci, M. Bensalah, M. Mahboubi and R. Tabuce. 2014. 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
- ^ Morlo, M.; Miller, E. R.; El-Barkooky, A. N. (2007). "Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27: 145–159. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[145:CACFWM]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Borths, M. R.; Stevens, N. J. (2019). "Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, 'Creodonta,' Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39: e1570222. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1570222.
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