Hyaenodontoidea

Hyaenodontoidea
Temporal range: Early Eocene to Early Miocene
skull of Hyaenodon horridus
fossil of Lesmesodon edingeri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Superfamily: Hyaenodontoidea
Leidy, 1869
Families

Hyaenodontoidea ("hyena teeth") is a superfamily of extinct predatory mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early Eocene to early Miocene deposits in North America, Europe and Asia.

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