Extinct genus of mammals
Hainina is an extinct mammal genus from the latest Cretaceous to the Paleocene of Europe .
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 ".[ 1] Material has also been reported from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania .
Species
Fossils have been described as and found in:[ 2]
Species: Hainina belgica Vianey-Liaud M., 1979
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
Species: Hainina vianeyae Peláez-Campomanes P., Damms R., López-Martinen N. & Àlvarez-Sierra M. A., 2000
Hainina sp. - Densus-Ciula Formation , Maastrichtian and Jibou Formation , Thanetian , Romania
References
Bibliography
Vianey-Liaud (1979), "Les Mammifères montiens de Hainin (Paléocène moyen de Belgique). Part I. Multituberculés". Paleovertebrata 9 , pp. 117–131.
Further reading
Peláez-Campomanes et al. (2000), "The earliest mammal of the European Paleocene: the multituberculate Hainina ". J of Paleont 74(4) , pp. 701–711.
Kielan-Jaworowska Z. & Hurum J. H. (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology 44 , pp. 389–429.
Much of this information has been derived from Dead link MESOZOIC MAMMALS ; "basal" Cimolodonta , Cimolomyidae , Boffiidae and Kogaionidae , an Internet directory.[dead link ]