Hemipsalodon ("half-scissor tooth") is an extinct genus of hyainailourid hyaenodonts from paraphyletic subfamily Hyainailourinae that lived in North America during the middle to late Eocene.[4][5]
Description
The skull of Hemipsalodon grandis is 45 centimetres (18 in) in length, with a lower jaw length of 34 centimetres (13 in). The most complete skull (O.M.S.I. No. 619), belonged to an old individual. It is powerfully-built, and overall superficially resembles the mesonychid Harpagolestes. The nasal opening is quite large. The canines are greatly enlarged. The anterior portion of the skull is broad anteriorly, but narrows down considerably posteriorly.[6]
Phylogeny
The phylogenetic relationships of genus Hemipsalodon are shown in the following cladogram.[7][8][9][10][11]
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Hyaenodonta †Eoproviverra
†Boualitomidae
†Arfiidae
†Limnocyonidae
†Sinopidae
†Hyaenodontoidea
†Gazinocyon
†Pyrocyon
†Galecyon
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Afro‑Arabian clade †Parvavorodon
†Indohyaenodontidae
†Glibzegdouia
†Koholiidae
†Tritemnodon
†Teratodontidae
†Apterodontinae
†Maocyon
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Maocyon/Orienspterodon clade †Orienspterodon
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Hyainailourinae †
Hemipsalodon †Hemipsalodon grandis
†Hemipsalodon viejaensis
? †Ischnognathus
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Akhnatenavus clade †Akhnatenavus
†"Pterodon" sp. (BC 15’08)
†Hyainailourinae sp. (UON 84-359)
†Hyainailourinae sp. C (DPC 9243 & DPC 10315)
†Hyainailourinae sp. D (DPC 6545)
†Kerberos
†"Pterodon" syrtos
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Pterodon clade †Pterodontina
†Hyainailourinae sp. A (DPC 6555)
†"Pterodon" africanus
†Parapterodon
†"Pterodon" sp. (DPC 5036)
†"Pterodon" phiomensis
†Hyainailourini
†Paroxyaenini
†Falcatodon
†Sectisodon
†Exiguodon
†Isohyaenodon zadoki
†Isohyaenodon (†Isohyaenodontina) †Isohyaenodon andrewsi
†Sivapterodon
†Hyainailouros bugtiensis
†Hyainailouros napakensis
†Hyainailouros
†Hyainailouros sulzeri
†Hyainailourinae sp. (GSN AD 100’96)
†Simbakubwa
†Leakitheriini
†Megistotherium
†Mlanyama
†Metapterodontini
†Pakakali
†Prionogalidae
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Hyainailouridae
†Lahimia clade
†Arfia clade
†Galecyon clade
†Indohyaenodon clade
†Tritemnodon clade
See also
References
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^ G. F. Gunnell (1998.) "Creodonta". In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate like Mammals", Cambridge University Press, 703 pages Hemipsalodon
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^ Mellett, James Silvan (1969). "A skull of Hemipsalodon (Mammalia, Deltatheridia) from the Clarno Formation of Oregon". American Museum Novitates (2387). hdl:2246/2597.
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^ 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.
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^ 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.
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^ 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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^ 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. S2CID 234848856.
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^ Averianov, Alexander; Obraztsova, Ekaterina; Danilov, Igor; Jin, Jian-Hua (2023). "A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1076819/full. ISSN 2296-701X.
