Acrohyaenodon Ameghino 1904 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Parent taxon: Hyaenodontidae according to C. Rovereto 1914

See also Ameghino 1904

Sister taxa: Acarictis, Ahknatenavus, Arfia, Boritia, Cartierodon, Cynohyaenodon, Eurotherium, 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: Acrohyaenodon acutidens Acrohyaenodon pungens

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acrohyaenodon in the database

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