A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China
A new hyaenodont Maocyon peregrinus, gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a partial skull and associated mandible from the upper Eocene Youganwo Formation at Maoming locality in Guangdong Province, China. It shows certain similarities with the Hyainailouroidea in the skull structure, including an...
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| author | Alexander Averianov Alexander Averianov Ekaterina Obraztsova Igor Danilov Igor Danilov Jian-Hua Jin |
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| description | A new hyaenodont Maocyon peregrinus, gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a partial skull and associated mandible from the upper Eocene Youganwo Formation at Maoming locality in Guangdong Province, China. It shows certain similarities with the Hyainailouroidea in the skull structure, including anteroposteriorly extended jugal/squamosal suture, presence of a preglenoid crest, a lateral expansion of the squamosal posterior to the zygomatic arch, a transversally expanded mastoid process, a nuchal crest that does not extend laterally to mastoid process, and large occipital condyles. The phylogenetic analysis clusters the new taxon with Orienspterodon dahkoensis from the late middle Eocene of China and Myanmar and places this clade within the Hyainailouridae in a polytomy with the Apternodontinae and the Hyainailourinae. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc0d6f64b81e4bbea86967551290f1d12023-02-27T07:05:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2023-02-011110.3389/fevo.2023.10768191076819A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South ChinaAlexander Averianov0Alexander Averianov1Ekaterina Obraztsova2Igor Danilov3Igor Danilov4Jian-Hua Jin5State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaZoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, RussiaZoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, RussiaState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaZoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, RussiaState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaA new hyaenodont Maocyon peregrinus, gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a partial skull and associated mandible from the upper Eocene Youganwo Formation at Maoming locality in Guangdong Province, China. It shows certain similarities with the Hyainailouroidea in the skull structure, including anteroposteriorly extended jugal/squamosal suture, presence of a preglenoid crest, a lateral expansion of the squamosal posterior to the zygomatic arch, a transversally expanded mastoid process, a nuchal crest that does not extend laterally to mastoid process, and large occipital condyles. The phylogenetic analysis clusters the new taxon with Orienspterodon dahkoensis from the late middle Eocene of China and Myanmar and places this clade within the Hyainailouridae in a polytomy with the Apternodontinae and the Hyainailourinae.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1076819/fullMammaliaHyaenodontaHyainailouroideaEoceneAsia |
| spellingShingle | Alexander Averianov Alexander Averianov Ekaterina Obraztsova Igor Danilov Igor Danilov Jian-Hua Jin A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Mammalia Hyaenodonta Hyainailouroidea Eocene Asia |
| title | A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China |
| title_full | A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China |
| title_fullStr | A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China |
| title_short | A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China |
| title_sort | new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the eocene of south china |
| topic | Mammalia Hyaenodonta Hyainailouroidea Eocene Asia |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1076819/full |
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