Lesmesodon

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Lesmesodon
Temporal range: 50.8–46.3 Ma
↓
 Early to Middle Eocene
Lesmesodon behnkeae.jpg
Fossil of Lesmesodon behnkeae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Superfamily: †
Family: †
Genus: †Lesmesodon
Morlo & Habersetzer, 1999
Type species
†Lesmesodon edingeri
Springhorn, 1982
Species
  • †Lesmesodon behnkeae (Morlo & Habersetzer, 1999)[1]
  • †Lesmesodon edingeri (Springhorn, 1982)[2]
  • †Lesmesodon gunnelli (Solé, 2021)[3]
Synonyms
synonyms of speacies:
  • L. edingeri:
    • Proviverra edingeri (Springhorn, 1982)

Lesmesodon ("tooth from Messel") is an extinct genus of hyaenodontid that lived during the Early to Middle Eocene.[4] It was found in France[3] and in the Messel Pit in Germany. Lesmesodon was a weasel-sized carnivorous mammal.[5]

Phylogeny[]

The phylogenetic relationships of genus Lesmesodon are shown in the following cladogram.[6][7][8][3]

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

 
 

†Lahimia

 
 
 
 
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 †Lesmesodon 
 
 

†Lesmesodon behnkeae Lesmesodon behnkeae juveline.jpg

 
 

†Lesmesodon edingeri

 
 
 

†Lesmesodon gunnelli

 
 
 
 
 

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†Proviverra

 
 
 
 

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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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†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
†Allopterodon/Proviverra
clade
†Arfia clade
†Galecyon clade
†Indohyaenodon
clade
†Tritemnodon
clade
 

References[]

  1. ^ Michael Morlo & Jörg Habersetzer (1999.) "The Hyaenodontidae (Creodonta, Mammalia) from the lower Middle Eocene (MP 11) of Messel (Germany) with special remarks on new x-ray methods" CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 216, 31-73.
  2. ^ Springhorn, R. (1982.) "Neue Raubtiere (Mammalia: Creodonta et Carnivora) aus dem Lutetium der Grube Messel (Deutschland)." Palaeontographica Abteilung A, 179, 105–141.
  3. ^ a b c 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. 66–67: 119–141. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2021.02.004. ISSN 0016-6995. S2CID 234848856.
  4. ^ Egi, N.; Holroyd, P. A.; Tsubamoto, T.; Soe, A. N.; Takai, M.; Ciochon, R. L. (2005). "Proviverrine hyaenodontids (Creodonta: Mammalia) from the Eocene of Myanmar and a phylogenetic analysis of the proviverrines from the Para‐Tethys area". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 3 (4): 337. doi:10.1017/S1477201905001707. S2CID 85918991.
  5. ^ "Episode 6 Field Guide: Tiny Horses, Galloping Crocs, and Fossilized Jungles". Past Time Paleo (in American English). 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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. S2CID 145972918.
  8. ^ 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.
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