Hyaenodonta

Hyaenodonta
Temporal range: 63.8–8.8 Ma early Paleocene to late Miocene
(Suspected Late Cretaceous origin, but unconfirmed by fossils yet)[1][2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Mirorder: Ferae
Clade: Pan-Carnivora
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Van Valen, 1967[3]
Subgroups
[see classification]
Synonyms
  • Hyaenodontida (Solé, 2010)[4]
  • Hyaenodontidae (Leidy, 1869)
  • Proviverroidea (Morlo, 2009)[5]

Hyaenodonta ("hyena teeth") is an extinct order of hypercarnivorous placental mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora from mirorder Ferae.[6][7] Hyaenodonts were important mammalian predators that arose during the early Paleocene in Europe[8] and persisted well into the late Miocene.[9]

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