Indohyaenodon

Indohyaenodon
Temporal range: 54.51–54.5 Ma
Early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Family: Indohyaenodontidae
Genus: Indohyaenodon
Bajpai, 2009
Type species
Indohyaenodon raoi
Bajpai, 2009[1]

Indohyaenodon ("indian Hyaenodon") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from family Indohyaenodontidae within extinct order Hyaenodonta, that lived during the early Eocene in India.[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bajpai, S.; Kapur, V. V.; Thewissen, J. G. M. (2009). "Creodont and condylarth from the Cambay Shale (Early Eocene, 55-54MA), Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, Western India". Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India. 54 (1): 103–109.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ R. S. Rana, K. Kumar, S. P. Zack, F. Solé, K. D. Rose, P. Missiaen, L. Singh, A. Sahni and T. Smith (2015.) "Craniodental and postcranial morphology of Indohyaenodon raoi from the early Eocene of India, and its implications for ecology, phylogeny, and biogeography of hyaenodontid mammals." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(5):e965308:1-22