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]

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.

Family: †Hyaenodontidae (Leidy, 1869) Genus: †Boritia (Solé, 2014) †Boritia duffaudi (Solé, 2014) Genus: †Praecodens (Lange-Badré, 1981) †Praecodens ...

Feb 17, 2025 · A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously went extinct about 25 million years ago.

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 genus, in the order Creodonta, contained about 30 species.

Feb 17, 2025 · About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big cat-sized carnivores called Hyaenodonta. These apex predators thrived...

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.

Hyaenodonta is an extinct clade of carnivorous mammals whose members were broadly distributed across Europe, North America, Asia, and Afro-Arabia during the Paleogene (Rose, 2006). In Eurasia and Afro-Arabia, some hyaenodont lineages persisted into …

Feb 16, 2025 · A remarkable discovery in the Egyptian desert has led scientists to identify a new species of Hyaenodonta, an ancient group of apex predators that roamed the Earth 30 million years ago. The find—a nearly complete skull—is a rare and significant breakthrough in understanding prehistoric carnivores.

Feb 23, 2025 · Scientists in Egypt have unearthed the nearly complete skull of Bastetodon syrtos, a long-lost apex predator that once ruled Africa’s ancient ecosystems. This rare discovery sheds new light on...