hyainailourine

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hyainailourine (plural hyainailourines)

  1. Any hyaenodontid afrothere of the genus Hyaenaelurus.
    • 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[1], →DOI:
      The postcranial elements, which are rarely associated with hyainailourine specimens, indicate an animal capable of a plantigrade stance and adapted for terrestrial locomotion.