Sarkastodon
Oxyaenid genus from upper Eocene Epoch / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sarkastodon ("meaty tooth") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Oxyaeninae within extinct family Oxyaenidae, that lived in Asia (in today's China and Mongolia) during the middle Eocene.[1] It was a genus of large, carnivorous animals known only from a skull and jawbones. Sarkastodon was probably a hypercarnivore that preyed on large mammals in its range during the Middle Eocene, such as brontotheres, chalicotheres, and rhinoceroses. Its weight is estimated at 800 kg (1,800 lb),[3] and its length at 3 m (10 ft).[4]
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Reconstruction of Sarkastodon mongoliensis | |
Skull reconstructions of Sarkastodon mongolensis | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Oxyaenodonta |
Family: | †Oxyaenidae |
Subfamily: | †Oxyaeninae |
Genus: | †Sarkastodon Granger, 1938[1] |
Type species | |
†Sarkastodon mongoliensis Granger, 1938[1] | |
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