Hyaenodontoidea Explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• Superfamily: †Hyaenodontoidea

See also

• Mammal classification
• Hyaenodonta

Notes and References

1. L. Van Valen (1967.) "New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(5):217-284
2. Floréal Solé . Bastien Mennecart . 2019 . A large hyaenodont from the Lutetian of Switzerland expands the body mass range of the European mammalian predators during the Eocene . Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . 64 . 2 . 275–290 . 10.4202/app.00581.2018 . free.