hyainailourine

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noun

Any hyaenodontid afrothere of the genus Hyaenaelurus.

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Meanings

nounhyainailourine (plural hyainailourines)

plural hyainailourines

  1. Any hyaenodontid afrothere of the genus Hyaenaelurus.

    The postcranial elements, which are rarely associated with hyainailourine specimens, indicate an animal capable of a plantigrade stance and adapted for terrestrial locomotion.

    2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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