Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) pilgrimi Savage 1965

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Alternative combination: Exiguodon pilgrimi

Full reference: R. J. G. Savage. 1965. Fossil Mammals of Africa: 19 The Miocene Carnivora of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(8):241-316

Belongs to Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) according to R. J. G. Savage 1965

See also Morales et al. 1998, Morales et al. 2007 and Morales and Pickford 2017

Sister taxa: Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) andrewsi, Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) matthewi

Type specimen: BMNH M. 19100a-c, a partial skeleton (air of complete mandibles with posterior fragment of skull and 7 cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Rusinga Island, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Kenya.

Distribution:

• Miocene of Kenya (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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