Boualitomidae

Boualitomidae ("Bou Alian cutters") is a family of extinct predatory mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from middle Paleocene to late Eocene deposits in Africa. Boualitomids had only three pairs of premolars in the lower dentition, lacking the first one.[2][3][4]

Boualitomidae
Temporal range: Middle Paleocene to Late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Family: Boualitomidae
Borths, 2022[1]
Type genus
Boualitomus
Gheerbrant, 2006
Genera
  • Boualitomus
  • Lahimia
  • Incertae sedis:
    • Boualitomidae sp. (Locality BQ-2, Fayum, Egypt)
    • Boualitomidae sp. (Quarry L-41, Fayum, Egypt)
Synonyms
  • Boualitominae (Borths, 2022)

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

  • Family: †Boualitomidae (Borths, 2022)
    • Genus: †Boualitomus (Gheerbrant, 2006)
      • Boualitomus marocanensis (Gheerbrant, 2006)
    • Genus: †Lahimia (Solé, 2009)
      • Lahimia selloumi (Solé, 2009)
    • Incertae sedis:
      • Boualitomidae sp. (Locality BQ-2, Fayum, Egypt) (Borths, 2022)
      • Boualitomidae sp. (Quarry L-41, Fayum, Egypt) (Borths, 2020)

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of family Boualitomidae are shown in the following cladogram:[5][6][7][8][9]

 Hyaenodonta 

Eoproviverra

Boualitomidae
 Boualitomus 

Boualitomus marocanensis

Boualitomidae sp. (Locality BQ-2, Fayum, Egypt)

Boualitomidae sp. (Quarry L-41, Fayum, Egypt)

 Lahimia 

Lahimia selloumi

Arfiidae

Limnocyonidae

Sinopidae

Hyaenodontoidea

Gazinocyon

Pyrocyon

Galecyon

 AfroArabian clade 

Parvavorodon

Indohyaenodontidae

Glibzegdouia

Koholiidae

Tritemnodon

Teratodontidae

Apterodontinae

Maocyon

Maocyon/Orienspterodon clade

Orienspterodon

Hyainailourinae

Hemipsalodon

 ? 

Ischnognathus

Akhnatenavus clade

Akhnatenavus

"Pterodon" sp. (BC 15’08)

Hyainailourinae sp. (UON 84-359)

Hyainailourinae sp. C (DPC 9243 & DPC 10315)

Hyainailourinae sp. D (DPC 6545)

Kerberos

"Pterodon" syrtos

Pterodon clade

Pterodontina

Hyainailourinae sp. A (DPC 6555)

"Pterodon" africanus

Parapterodon

"Pterodon" sp. (DPC 5036)

"Pterodon" phiomensis

Hyainailourini

Paroxyaenini

Falcatodon

Sectisodon

Exiguodon

Isohyaenodon zadoki

Isohyaenodon  (†Isohyaenodontina)

Isohyaenodon andrewsi

Sivapterodon

Hyainailouros bugtiensis

Hyainailouros napakensis

Hyainailouros

Hyainailouros sulzeri

Hyainailourinae sp. (GSN AD 100’96)

Simbakubwa

Leakitheriini

Megistotherium

Mlanyama

Metapterodontini

Pakakali

Prionogalidae

Hyainailouridae
Lahimia clade
Arfia clade
Galecyon clade
Indohyaenodon clade
Tritemnodon clade

See also

References

  1. Borths, Matthew R., Al-Ashqar, Shorouq F., Sallam, Hesham M., Seiffert, Erik R. "The Oldest Hypercarnivore (Placentalia, Mammalia, Hyaenodonta) from the Fayum Depression, Egypt", in "The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 82nd annual meeting" Pages 85-86
  2. E. Gheerbrant, M. Iarochene, M. Amaghzaz and B. Bouya (2006.) "Early African hyaenodontid mammals and their bearing on the origin of the Creodonta." Geological Magazine 143(4):475-489
  3. Solé, Floréal; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Amaghzaz, Mbarek; Bouya, Baâdi (2009). "Further evidence of the African antiquity of hyaenodontid ('Creodonta', Mammalia) evolution". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 156 (4): 827–846. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00501.x.
  4. Borths, Matthew R., Heritage, Steven, Gunnell, Gregg, Friscia, Anthony, Seiffert, Erik (2020) "Persistence of the oldest hyaenodont clade through the Eocene of Africa", in "The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 80th annual meeting - Virtual 2020"
  5. Borths, Matthew R; Stevens, Nancy J (2017). "Deciduous dentition and dental eruption of Hyainailouroidea (Hyaenodonta, "Creodonta," Placentalia, Mammalia)". Palaeontologia Electronica. 20 (3): 55A. doi:10.26879/776.
  6. Matthew R. Borths; Nancy J. Stevens (2019). "Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, 'Creodonta,' Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (1): e1570222. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E0222B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1570222. S2CID 145972918.
  7. Floréal Solé; Bernard Marandat; Fabrice Lihoreau (2020). "The hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the French locality of Aumelas (Hérault), with possible new representatives from the late Ypresian". Geodiversitas. 42 (13): 185–214. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a13.
  8. Solé, F.; Morlo, M.; Schaal, T.; Lehmann, T. (2021). "New hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the late Ypresian locality of Prémontré (France) support a radiation of the hyaenodonts in Europe already at the end of the early Eocene". Geobios. 66–67: 119–141. Bibcode:2021Geobi..66..119S. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2021.02.004. S2CID 234848856.
  9. Averianov, Alexander; Obraztsova, Ekaterina; Danilov, Igor; Jin, Jian-Hua (2023). "A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1076819. ISSN 2296-701X.
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