Eurotherium
Genus of mammals (fossil)
Eurotherium Temporal range: 50.8–41.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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skull and mandible of Eurotherium theriodis | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
Superfamily: | †Hyaenodontoidea |
Family: | †Hyaenodontidae |
Genus: | †Eurotherium Polly and Lange-Badré, 1993[1] |
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†Eurotherium theriodis Van Valen, 1965 | |
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Eurotherium ("european beast") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from extinct family Hyaenodontidae that lived from the early to middle Eocene in Europe.[1][6][7]
References
- ^ a b Polly, P. David; Lange-Badré, Brigitte (1993). "A new genus Eurotherium (Mammalia, Creodonta) in reference to taxonomic problems with some Eocene hyaenodontids from Eurasia". Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences. 317: 9910996.
- ^ Solé, F.; Morlo, M.; Schaal, T.; Lehmann, T. (2021). "New hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the late Ypresian locality of Prémontré (France) support a radiation of the hyaenodonts in Europe already at the end of the early Eocene". Geobios. 66–67: 119–141. Bibcode:2021Geobi..66..119S. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2021.02.004. S2CID 234848856.
- ^ Langé-Badre, Brigitte; Haubold, Hartmut (1990). "Les Créodontes (Mammifères) du gisement du Geiseltal (Éocène Moyen, RDA)". Geobios. 5 (23): 607–637. Bibcode:1990Geobi..23..607L. doi:10.1016/0016-6995(90)80028-E.
- ^ Van Valen, Leigh (1965). "Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia)". Palaeontology. 8: 638–665.
- ^ Matthes H. W. (1967.) "Eine neue Creodontier-Art aus der eozänen Geiseltal fauna." Ber. deutsch Ges. Geol. Wiss., (A), 12, 6: 659-667.
- ^ Borths, Matthew R.; Holroyd, Patricia A.; Seiffert, Eric R. (2016). "Hyainailourinae and Teratodontinae cranial material from the late Eocene of Egypt and the application of parsimony and Bayesian methods to the phylogeny and biogeography of Hyaenodonta (Placentalia, Mammalia)". PeerJ. 4: e2639. doi:10.7717/peerj.2639. PMC 5111901. PMID 27867761.
- ^ Dubied, Morgane; Solé, Floréal; Mennecart, Bastien (2019). "The cranium of Proviverra typica (Mammalia, Hyaenodonta) and its impact on hyaenodont phylogeny and endocranial evolution". Palaeontology. 62 (6): 983–1001. Bibcode:2019Palgy..62..983D. doi:10.1111/pala.12437. S2CID 201310577.
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Mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Placentalia
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria
- Clade: Scrotifera
- Grandorder: Ferungulata
- Mirorder: Ferae
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