Hyainailouros Explained

Hyainailouros ("hyena-cat") is an extinct polyphyletic genus of hyaenodont belonging to the family Hyainailouridae that lived during the early to middle Miocene, of which there were at least three species spread across Europe, Africa, and Asia.[1] [2]

Closely related to other large African hyaenodonts such as Simbakubwa and Megistotherium, Hyainailouros walked with a semi-digitigrade stance and was probably capable of large, leaping bounds.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Morlo . M. . Miller . E. R. . El-Barkooky . A. N. . Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 27 . 145–159 . 2007 . 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[145:CACFWM]2.0.CO;2. 86235694 .
  2. Solé . F. . Lhuillier . J. . Adaci . M. . Bensalah . M. . Mahboubi . M. . Tabuce . R. . 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 . 2013 . 303–322 . 10.1080/14772019.2013.795196. 84475034 .
  3. Borths . M. R. . Stevens . N. J. . Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, 'Creodonta,' Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 39 . 2019 . 1 . e1570222 . 10.1080/02724634.2019.1570222. 2019JVPal..39E0222B . 145972918 .

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