''Hainina'' is an extinct

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from the latest

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to the

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Genus

The genus ''Hainina'' ("from Hainin") was named by Vianey-Liaud M. in 1979. This genus was originally referred to as

Cimolomyidae Cimolomyidae is a family of fossil mammal within the extinct order Multituberculata. Representatives are known from the Upper Cretaceous and the Paleocene of North America and perhaps Mongolia. The family is part of the suborder Cimolodonta. Oth ...

. "We assign ''Hainina'' to the

Kogaionidae Kogaionidae is a family of fossil mammals within the extinct order Multituberculata. Representatives are known from the Upper Cretaceous and the Paleocene of Europe. Having started as island endemics on Hateg Island during the Upper Cretaceous, ...

(superfamily ''incertae sedis''); it differs from ''

Kogaionon :''See Kogaionon ungureanui for the mammal from the Upper Cretaceous.'' Kogaionon was the holy mountain of the Geto-Dacians, the place where Zalmoxis stayed in a cave for three years. After his disappearance into Kogaionon, he was considered dead ...

'' 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

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Fossils have been described as and found in:''Hainina''
at

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.org * Species: ''Hainina belgica'' Vianey-Liaud M., 1979 ** Place: Paleocene Hainin Formation of Hainin,

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* 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: Early Paleocene

Tremp Formation The Tremp Formation ( es, Formación de Tremp, ca, Formació de Tremp), alternatively described as Tremp Group ( es, Grupo Tremp), is a geological formation in the comarca Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Spain. The formation is restricted to the Trem ...

, in the southern

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* Species: ''Hainina vianeyae'' Peláez-Campomanes P., Damms R., López-Martinen N. & Àlvarez-Sierra M. A., 2000 ** Place: Late Paleocene

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of Cernay,

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* ''Hainina sp.'' - Densus-Ciula Formation, Maastrichtian and Jibou Formation,

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, Romania

References

Bibliography

* Vianey-Liaud (1979), "Les Mammifères montiens de Hainin (Paléocène moyen de Belgique). Part I. Multituberculés". ''Paleovertebrata'' 9, pp. 117–131.

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