São um grupo de mamíferos carnívoros arcaicos parte da subordem Feliformia.Borths MR, Stevens NJ (2017) The first hyaenodont from the late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania: Paleoecological insights into the Paleogene-Neogene carnivore transition. PLoS ONE 12(10): e0185301. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185301Solé F, Amson E, Borths M, Vidalenc D, Morlo M, Bastl K (2015) A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia). PLoS ONE 10(9): e0135698. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135698
Taxonomia FAMILIA Hyainailouridae Subfamilia Hyainailorinae Akhnatenavus Exiguodon Hemipsalodon Hyainailouros Isohyaenodon Kerberos Leakitherium Parapterodon Paroxyaena Parvavorodon Pterodon Sectisodon Sivapterodon Subfamilia Apterodontinae Apterodon Quasiapterodon
Categoria:Creodonta