Hienodonte
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Hyaenodon ("hyena-tooth") is an extinct genus of carnivorous placental mammals from the tribe Hyaenodontini, part of the subfamily Hyaenodontinae (which is within the family Hyaenodontidae), that belonged to the now extinct order Hyaenodonta. The genus was found lived in Eurasia and North America from the Middle Eocene to the Early Miocene, from 38 to 17 million years ago, existing for . Hyaenodon first evolved in Asia, probably evolving from Propterodon.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Hyaenodontinae
- Mass
- 378
- Image
- Hyaenodon NT small.jpg
- Length
- 3
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- Commons category
- Hyaenodon
- taxon name
- Hyaenodon
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 42000000-0
- end time
- 16900000-0
- location of discovery
- North America
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Article · Português
Hienodonte (Hyaenodon, "dente de hiena") é um gênero extinto de Hyaenodontes, um grupo de Creodontes carnívoros da família Hyaenodontidae, endêmicos em todos os continentes exceto América do Sul, Austrália e Antártida. Surgiu no final do Eoceno há 41 Ma, existindo até durante o Oligoceno, há 21 milhões de anos. * Reconstrução por Heinrich Harder, c.1920.
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