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Hyaenodontidae
family of extinct placental mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hyaenodontidae ("Hyaena teeth") is a family of the extinct order Creodonta, which contains several dozen genera.
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Hyaenodontidae | |
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Hyaenodon gigas and H. mongoliensis | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
Family: | †Hyaenodontidae Leidy, 1869 |
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The Hyaenodonts were important mammalian predators that arose during the late Paleocene and persisted well into the Miocene.[1] They were more widespread and successful than their sister family, the oxyaenids.[2]