Hyaenodon sp
Class Mammalia, Order Creodonta, Family Hyaenodontidae
Geological Time: Pliocene
Size (25.4mm=1 inch): 23 mm wide by 45 mm high (including root)
Fossil Site: Cave Deposits, Carpathian Mountains, Romania
Fossil Code: AAF328
Price: $95.00 - sold
 Description:
The Creodonts were the dominant carnivorous mammals of the early Tetriary,
comprised of the Oxyaenidae and the Hyaenidontidae. The Hyaenodontids
ranged throughout the Northern Hemisphere, even reaching Africa. The
largest was known as Megistrotherium, and had a skull twice as long
as a modern tiger, making it the largest known land mammal carnivore.
The extinction of the Hyyaenodontids still remains a mystery today. |
