Hyaenodontidae

Hyaenodontidae Temporal range: early Eocene to early Miocene
skull of Hyaenodon horridus
skull of Cynohyaenodon cayluxi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyaenodontoidea
Family:	†Hyaenodontidae Leidy, 1869
Type genus
†Hyaenodon Laizer & Parieu, 1838
Genera
[see text]
Synonyms
list of synonyms: Hyaenodontida (Haeckel, 1895) Hyaenodontoidea (Trouessart, 1885)

Hyaenodontidae ("hyena teeth") is an extinct family of placental mammals from extinct superfamily Hyaenodontoidea within extinct order Hyaenodonta. Hyaenodontids arose during the early Eocene and persisted well into the early Miocene. Fossils of this group have been found in Asia, North America and Europe.

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• Family: †Hyaenodontidae (Leidy, 1869)
  • Genus: †Boritia (Solé, 2014)
    • †Boritia duffaudi (Solé, 2014)
  • Genus: †Neosinopa (Lavrov, 1999)
    • †Neosinopa gobiensis (Lavrov, 1999)
  • Genus: †Praecodens (Lange-Badré, 1981)
    • †Praecodens acutus (Lange-Badré, 1981)
  • Genus: †Preregidens (Solé, 2015)
    • †Preregidens langebadrae (Solé, 2015)
  • Genus: †Protoproviverra (Lemoine, 1891)
    • †Protoproviverra palaeonictides (Lemoine, 1880)
  • (unranked): †Cynohyaenodon/Quercytherium clade
    • Genus: †Cynohyaenodon ^{(paraphyletic genus)} (Filhol, 1873)
      • †Cynohyaenodon cayluxi (Filhol, 1873)
      • †Cynohyaenodon lautricensis (Lange-Badré, 1978)
      • †Cynohyaenodon ruetimeyeri (Van Valen, 1965)
      • †Cynohyaenodon smithae (Solé, 2021)
      • †Cynohyaenodon trux (Van Valen, 1965)
    • Genus: †Paracynohyaenodon (Martin, 1906)
      • †Paracynohyaenodon magnus (Crochet, 1988)
      • †Paracynohyaenodon schlosseri (Martin, 1906)
    • Genus: †Quercytherium (Filhol, 1880)
      • †Quercytherium simplicidens (Lange-Badré, 1975)
      • †Quercytherium tenebrosum (Filhol, 1880)
  • (unranked): †Eurotherium clade
    • Genus: †Alienetherium (Lange-Badré, 1981)
      • †Alienetherium buxwilleri (Lange-Badré, 1981)
    • Genus: †Cartierodon (Solé & Mennecart, 2019)
      • †Cartierodon egerkingensis (Solé & Mennecart, 2019)
    • Genus: †Eurotherium ^{(paraphyletic genus)} (Polly & Lange-Badré, 1993)
      • †Eurotherium mapplethorpei (Solé, 2021)
      • †Eurotherium matthesi (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)
      • †Eurotherium theriodis (Van Valen, 1965)
    • Genus: †Paenoxyaenoides (Lange-Badre, 1979)
      • †Paenoxyaenoides liguritor (Lange-Badre, 1979)
    • Genus: †Prodissopsalis (Matthes, 1950)
      • †Prodissopsalis eocaenicus (Matthes, 1952)
      • †Prodissopsalis jimenezi (Salesa, 2023)
  • (unranked): †Leonhardtina clade
    • Genus: †Leonhardtina (Matthes, 1952)
      • †Leonhardtina godinoti (Solé, 2014)
      • †Leonhardtina gracilis (Matthes, 1952)
      • †Leonhardtina meridianum (Solé, 2020)
  • (unranked): †Matthodon clade
    • Genus: †Matthodon (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)
      • †Matthodon menui (Rich, 1971)
      • †Matthodon peignei (Solé, 2020)
      • †Matthodon tritens (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)
  • (unranked): †Oxyaenoides clade
    • Subfamily: †Oxyaenoidinae (Lavrov, 1999) (syn. Francotheriini (Lavrov, 1999))
      • Genus: †Oxyaenoides (Matthes, 1967)
        • †Oxyaenoides aumelasiensis (Solé, 2020)
        • †Oxyaenoides bicuspidens (Matthes, 1967)
        • †Oxyaenoides lindgreni (Rich, 1971)
        • †Oxyaenoides schlosseri (Rütimeyer, 1891)
  • Subfamily: †Hyaenodontinae (Trouessart, 1885)
    • Genus: †Consobrinus (Lange-Badre, 1979)
      • †Consobrinus quercy (Lange-Badre, 1979)
    • Genus: †Propterodon ^{(paraphyletic genus)} (Martin, 1906)
      • †Propterodon morrisi (Matthew & Granger, 1924)
      • †Propterodon paganensis (de Bonis, 2018)
      • †Propterodon tongi (Liu & Huang, 2002)
      • †Propterodon witteri (Zack, 2019)
    • Tribe: †Hyaenodontini (Leidy, 1869)
      • Genus: †Hyaenodon (Laizer & Parieu, 1838)
        • †Hyaenodon brachyrhynchus (Blainville, 1841)
        • †Hyaenodon chunkhtensis (Dashzeveg, 1985)
        • †Hyaenodon dubius (Filhol, 1873)
        • †Hyaenodon eminus (Matthew & Granger, 1925)
        • †Hyaenodon exiguus (Gervais, 1873)
        • †Hyaenodon filholi (Schlosser, 1887)
        • †Hyaenodon gervaisi (Martin, 1906)
        • †Hyaenodon heberti (Filhol, 1876)
        • †Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (Laizer & Parieu, 1838)
        • †Hyaenodon minor (Lange-Badré, 1979)
        • †Hyaenodon pervagus (Matthew & Granger, 1924)
        • †Hyaenodon pumilus (Lavrov, 1999)
        • †Hyaenodon requieni (Gervais, 1846)
        • †Hyaenodon rossignoli (Lange-Badré, 1979)
        • †Hyaenodon weilini (Wang, 2005)
        • †Hyaenodon yuanchuensis (Young, 1937)
        • Subgenus: †Neohyaenodon ^{(paraphyletic subgenus)} (Thorpe, 1922)
          • †Hyaenodon gigas (Dashzeveg, 1985)
          • †Hyaenodon horridus (Leidy, 1853)
          • †Hyaenodon incertus (Dashzeveg, 1985)
          • †Hyaenodon macrocephalus (Lavrov, 1999)
          • †Hyaenodon megaloides (Mellett, 1977)
          • †Hyaenodon milvinus (Lavrov, 1999)
          • †Hyaenodon mongoliensis (Dashzeveg, 1964)
          • †Hyaenodon montanus (Douglass, 1902)
          • †Hyaenodon vetus (Stock, 1933)
        • Subgenus: †Protohyaenodon ^{(paraphyletic subgenus)} (Stock, 1933)
          • †Hyaenodon brevirostrus (Macdonald, 1970)
          • †Hyaenodon crucians (Leidy, 1853)
          • †Hyaenodon microdon (Mellett, 1977)
          • †Hyaenodon mustelinus (Scott, 1894)
          • †Hyaenodon raineyi (Gustafson, 1986)
          • †Hyaenodon venturae (Mellett, 1977)