Isohyaenodon
Genus of extinct placental mammals
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Isohyaenodon ("equal to Hyaenodon") is an extinct polyphyletic genus of hyainailourid hyaenodont mammal from the subfamily Hyainailourinae). Remains are known from early to middle Miocene deposits in Kenya, East Africa.
| Isohyaenodon Temporal range: Early to Middle Miocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Family: | †Hyainailouridae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyainailourinae |
| Tribe: | †Hyainailourini |
| Subtribe: | †Isohyaenodontina Lavrov, 1999[1] |
| Genus: | †Isohyaenodon Savage, 1965 |
| Type species | |
| †Isohyaenodon andrewsi Savage, 1965[2] | |
| Species | |
| |
| Synonyms | |
|
synonyms of subtribe:
synonyms of species:
| |
Description
Classification and phylogeny
Taxonomy
Isohyaenodon was considered possibly the same genus as Leakitherium from the same region by Van Valen (1967), but subsequent studies have rejected this assumption.[5][6]
Isohyaenodon pilgrimi Savage, 1965 was formerly assigned to this genus, but has been renamed Exiguodon pilgrimi.[6]
