Hyaenodon - Wikipedia
Hyaenodon ("hyena-tooth") is an extinct genus of carnivorous placental mammals from extinct tribe Hyaenodontini within extinct subfamily Hyaenodontinae (in extinct family Hyaenodontidae), [19] that lived in Eurasia and North America from the middle Eocene, throughout the Oligocene, to the early Miocene.
Hyaenodon | Extinct Carnivore, Prehistoric Predator & Giant …
Hyaenodon, extinct genus of carnivorous mammals that first appeared in the fossil record about 42 million years ago during the middle of the Eocene Epoch and persisted until about 25 million years ago near the end of the Oligocene Epoch. The …
Hyaenodon - Prehistoric Wildlife
Hyaenodon was the top predator of its day with the larger forms dominating the landscapes throughout the Oligocene periods. Key to this success was the large head that compared to today’s animals looks too large to fit upon the body. Indeed the neural spines of the forward dorsal vertebrae are enlarged to allow for an increased surface are...
Facts of the Pre-Historic Predator Hyaenodon - ThoughtCo
2019年1月30日 · The unusually long persistence of Hyaenodon in the fossil record--various specimens of this prehistoric carnivore have been found in sediments dating from 40 million to 20 million years ago, all the way from the Eocene to the early Miocene epochs--can be explained by the fact that this genus comprised a large number of species, which ranged ...
Prehistoric Predators - Wikipedia
Prehistoric Predators is a 2007 National Geographic Channel program based on different predators that lived in the Cenozoic era, including Smilodon and Megalodon. The series investigated how such beasts hunted and fought other creatures, and what drove them to …
New species of giant fossil carnivore found in Kenya - National …
2019年4月18日 · Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, a gigantic carnivore known from most of its jaw, portions of its skull, and parts of its skeleton found in Kenya, was a member of the extinct group known as the...
Palaeobiology of Hyaenodon exiguus (Hyaenodonta, Mammalia) …
2016年9月25日 · Species of the extinct genus Hyaenodon were among the largest carnivorous mammals from the Late Eocene through Early Miocene in North America, Europe and Asia. The origin, phylogeny and palaeobiology of Hyaenodonta are still ambiguous.
Hyaenodon - PaleoCodex
Hyaenodon ("hyena-tooth") is the type genus of Hyaenodontidae, a group of extinct carnivorous fossil mammals from Eurasia, North America and Africa, with species existing temporally from the Eocene until the middle Miocene, existing for approximately 26.1 million years.
Hyaenas and early humans in the latest Early Pleistocene of South ...
2021年12月15日 · Hyaenids and other large carnivores likely played an important role in the configuration of human dispersal routes from Africa and Asia to Europe during the Early and Middle Pleistocene, according...
The Fossil Record of Hyaenids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Hyaenidae) in ...
2021年10月24日 · The hyaenids originate from Viverridae and occur at the beginning of Miocene with some small-sized and dog-like arboreal forms. The earliest hyaenids of Greece appeared in the early/middle Miocene with the genus Protictitherium. During the late Miocene, more than ten species of hyaenids have been recognized.