Eurotherium Polly and Lange-Badré 1993 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Full reference: P. D. Polly and B. Lange-Badré. 1993. A new genus Eurotherium (Mammalia, Creodonta) in reference to taxonomic problems with some hyaenodontids from Eurasia. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, Série II 317:991-996

Parent taxon: Hyaenodontidae according to F. Solé and B. Mennecart 2019

See also Peigné et al. 2007 and Solé 2013

Sister taxa: Acarictis, Acrohyaenodon, Ahknatenavus, Arfia, Boritia, Cartierodon, Cynohyaenodon, Galecyon, Gazinocyon, Hyaenaelurinae, Hyaenodontinae, Hyaenodontipus, Indohyaenodontinae, Ischnognathus, Koholiinae, Leonhardtina, Matthodon, Neohyaenodon, Oxyaenoides, Paracynohyaenodon, Preregidens, Prionogalidae, Prodissopsalis, Protopsalis, Prototomus, Proviverroides, Pyrocyon, Quercytherium, Schizophagus, Sinopa, Thereutherium, Tinerhodon, Tritemnodon

Subtaxa: Eurotherium matthesi Eurotherium theriodis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (3 collections), Germany (2), Switzerland (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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