Harpagolestes

Harpagolestes
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Eocene
Skull of H. immanis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Mesonychia
Family: Mesonychidae
Genus: Harpagolestes
Species
  • H. immanis
  • H. koreanicus
  • H. orientalis
  • H. uintensis
  • H. macrocephalus
  • H. brevipes
  • H. leotensis

Harpagolestes ("hooked thief") is an extinct genus of hyena like, bear sized mesonychid mesonychian that lived in Central and Eastern Asia and western and central North America during the middle to late Eocene.