Hainina

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

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.

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

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.