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Hyaenodontinae Early | |
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skull of Hyaenodon horridus | |
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dentary fragment of Propterodon witteri | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Hyaenodonta |
Superfamily: | † Hyaenodontoidea |
Family: | † Hyaenodontidae |
Subfamily: | †
Hyaenodontinae Leidy, 1869 [1] |
Type genus | |
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Hyaenodon Laizer & Parieu, 1838
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Hyaenodontinae (" hyena teeth") is an extinct subfamily of predatory placental mammals from extinct family Hyaenodontidae. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early Eocene to early Miocene deposits in Europe, Asia and North America. [3] [4] [5]
![]() | This article possibly contains
original research. (November 2023) |
Hyaenodontinae Early | |
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![]() | |
skull of Hyaenodon horridus | |
![]() | |
dentary fragment of Propterodon witteri | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Hyaenodonta |
Superfamily: | † Hyaenodontoidea |
Family: | † Hyaenodontidae |
Subfamily: | †
Hyaenodontinae Leidy, 1869 [1] |
Type genus | |
†
Hyaenodon Laizer & Parieu, 1838
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Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
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Hyaenodontinae (" hyena teeth") is an extinct subfamily of predatory placental mammals from extinct family Hyaenodontidae. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early Eocene to early Miocene deposits in Europe, Asia and North America. [3] [4] [5]