HYAINAILOURINAE Pilgrim, 1932

Werdelin, Lars, 2019, Middle Miocene Carnivora and Hyaenodonta from Fort Ternan, western Kenya, Geodiversitas 41 (6), pp. 267-283 : 280

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a6
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:619EB4F8-90CD-4559-8B78-2BA79210F73B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3704552
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B27C87E2-3540-FF89-B3F3-FE8FFB4F8E1F
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	HYAINAILOURINAE Pilgrim, 1932
status

Treatment

Subfamily HYAINAILOURINAE Pilgrim, 1932

HYAINAILOURINAE gen. et sp. indet.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — KNM-FT 3359, left upper canine .

DESCRIPTION

This specimen is of gigantic size (lingual root to apex length c. 171 mm). It is nearly complete, except for some loss of enamel of the crown. The buccal margin is strongly curved, whereas the lingual margin is nearly straight.

DISCUSSION

The size of this specimen excludes identification to all but the very largest hyaenodonts, such as the hyainailourines Hyainailouros or Megistotherium.