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Hyaenodonta Temporal range: Paleocene to late Miocene
early (Suspected Late Cretaceous origin, but unconfirmed by fossils yet)[1][2] | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Mirorder: | Ferae |
Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
Order: | †Hyaenodonta Van Valen, 1967[3] |
Subgroups | |
[see classification]
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Synonyms | |
Hyaenodonta ("hyena teeth") is an extinct order of hypercarnivorous placental mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora from mirorder Ferae.[6][7] Hyaenodonts were important mammalian predators that arose during the early Paleocene in Europe[8] and persisted well into the late Miocene.[9]
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