Hyainailouros Biedermann, 1863
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https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.00794.2020 |
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Genus Hyainailouros Biedermann, 1863
Type species: Hyainailouros sulzeri Biedermann, 1863 ; Middle Miocene (MN 6) of Veltheim, Switzerland .
Remarks.—A revised synonymy was provided by Lewis and Morlo (2010), but following Morlo et al. (2007) we additionally recognize Megistotherium Savage, 1973 , as a junior synonym of Hyainailouros . In this contribution, we focus on the African members of this genus.
Our recognition of Megistotherium as a junior synonym of Hyainailouros ( Morlo et al. 2007) contrasts with the view of Borths et al. (2016) and Borths and Stevens (2019), who view the genus as the sister taxon to Leakitherium Savage, 1965 . The material from Buluk does not contribute new evidence toward resolving this issue.
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