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