Hainina

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iHainina
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Family: Kogaionidae
Genus: Hainina
Vianey-Liaud, 1979
Species
  • H. belgica
  • H. godfriauxi
  • H. pyrenaica
  • H. vianeyae

Hainina is an extinct mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous to the Paleocene of Europe. Though small, it outsurvived the final dinosaurs.

[edit] Genus

The genus Hainina ("from Hainin") was named by Vianey-Liaud M. in 1979. This genus was originally referred to as Cimolomyidae. "We assign Hainina to the Kogaionidae (superfamily incertae sedis); it differs from Kogaionon in having ornamented enamel, while the enamel is smooth in Kogaionon," (Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001, p.409). Material has also been reported from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania.

[edit] Species

  • Species: Hainina belgica Vianey-Liaud M., 1979
    • Place: Paleocene of Hainin, Belgium
  • Species: Hainina godfriauxi Vianey-Liaud M., 1979
    • Place: Paleocene of Hainin, Belgium
  • Species: Hainina pyrenaica Peláez-Campomanes P., Damms R., López-Martinen N. & Àlvarez-Sierra M.A., 2000
    • Place: Lower Paleocene of the Tremp Basin, in the southern Pyrenees of Spain.
  • Species: Hainina vianeyae Peláez-Campomanes P., Damms R., López-Martinen N. & Àlvarez-Sierra M.A., 2000
    • Place: Upper Paleocene of Cernay, France

[edit] References

  • Peláez-Campomanes et al (2000), "The earliest mammal of the European Paleocene: the multituberculate Hainina". J of Paleont 74(4), p.701-711.
  • Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology 44, p.389-429.
    • Reference: Vianey-Liaud (1979), "Les Mammifères montiens de Hainin (Paléocène moyen de Belgique). Part I. Multituberculés". Paleovertebrata 9, p.117-131.
  • Much of this information has been derived from http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/cimolod.htm MESOZOIC MAMMALS; "basal" Cimolodonta, Cimolomyidae, Boffiidae and Kogaionidae, an Internet directory.