Lahimia

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Lahimia
Temporal range: Middle Paleocene 61.6–59.2 Ma
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Lahimia selloumi - 2.jpg
lower jaw of Lahimia selloumi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Genus: †Lahimia
Solé, 2009
Type species
†Lahimia selloumi
Solé, 2009[1]

Lahimia ("carnivore")[1] is a genus of extinct hyaenodont mammals, known from the Selandian stage (middle Paleocene) of Africa.[1]

Phylogeny[]

The phylogenetic relationships of genus Lahimia are shown in the following cladogram.[2][3][4][5]

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 †Lahimia 

†Lahimia selloumi

 
 

†Hyaenodonta sp. (Quarry L-41, Fayum, Egypt)

 
 

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†Pyrocyon

 
 
 

†Galecyon

 
 
 
 

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†Teratodontidae

 
 
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†Orienspterodon

 
 
 
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†Hemipsalodon

 
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†Akhnatenavus clade
 
 

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†Pterodontina

 
 

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†Falcatodon Falcatodon2.jpg

 
 

†Sectisodon

 
 
 

†Exiguodon

 
 

†Isohyaenodon zadoki 

 
 
 
 
 
†Isohyaenodon 
(†Isohyaenodontina) 
 

†Isohyaenodon andrewsi 

 
 
 

†Sivapterodon

 
 

†Hyainailouros bugtiensis 

 
 
 
 

†Hyainailouros napakensis 

 

†Hyainailouros 
 
 
 

†Hyainailouros sulzeri  Hyainailouros-sulzeri.jpg

 
 

†Hyainailourinae sp. (Arrdrift)

 
 
 

†Simbakubwa

 
 
 
 

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†Metapterodontini

 
 
 
 

†Megistotherium

 
 

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Hyainailouridae
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
†Lahimia clade
†Arfia clade
†Galecyon clade
†Indohyaenodon clade
†Tritemnodon clade
 

References[]

  1. ^ a b c SOLÉ, FLORÉAL; GHEERBRANT, EMMANUEL; AMAGHZAZ, MBAREK; BOUYA, BAÂDI (2009). "Further evidence of the African antiquity of hyaenodontid ('Creodonta', Mammalia) evolution". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 156 (4): 827–846. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00501.x.
  2. ^ Borths, Matthew R; Stevens, Nancy J (2017). "Deciduous dentition and dental eruption of Hyainailouroidea (Hyaenodonta, "Creodonta," Placentalia, Mammalia)". Palaeontologia Electronica. 20 (3): 55A. doi:10.26879/776.
  3. ^ Matthew R. Borths; Nancy J. Stevens (2019). "Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, 'Creodonta,' Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (1): e1570222. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1570222.
  4. ^ Floréal Solé; Bernard Marandat; Fabrice Lihoreau (2020). "The hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the French locality of Aumelas (Hérault), with possible new representatives from the late Ypresian". Geodiversitas. 42 (13): 185–214. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a13.
  5. ^ Solé, F.; Morlo, M.; Schaal, T.; Lehmann, T. (2021). "New hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the late Ypresian locality of Prémontré (France) support a radiation of the hyaenodonts in Europe already at the end of the early Eocene". Geobios. in press. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2021.02.004.
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