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Skull of Hyaenodon horridus Life reconstruction of H. horridus. Typical of early carnivorous mammals, individuals of Hyaenodon had a very massive skull, but a small brain. The skull is long with a narrow snout—much larger in relation to the length of the skull than in canine carnivores, for instance. The neck was shorter than the skull, while ...
Skull of Hyaenodon horridus Comparison of carnassial teeth of wolf and typical hyaenodontid and oxyaenid. Hyaenodonts are characterized by long, often disproportionately large skulls, slender jaws, and slim bodies. They generally ranged in size from 30 to 140 cm at the shoulder. [10]
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"Creodonta" was coined by Edward Drinker Cope in 1875. [1] Cope included the oxyaenids and the viverravid Didymictis but omitted the Hyaenodontidae.In 1880. he expanded the term to include families Miacidae (including Viverravidae), Arctocyonidae, Leptictidae (now Pseudorhyncocyonidae), Oxyaenidae, Ambloctonidae and Mesonychidae. [17]
In 1903, British paleontologist Charles W. Andrews participated in an expedition to Fayûm, Egypt, during which several new vertebrate fossils were collected.Later that year, he published a brief note describing these specimens.
Skeleton of Hyaenodon horridus of North America. The Hyaenodontidae was recently determined to have been a separate lineage from the Hyainailouridae . Pterodon has historically been classified undisputedly as at least being within the clade of hyaenodonts within the later 20th century, later being included within the subfamily Hyainailourinae.
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