Thereutherium Filhol 1876 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Full reference: H. Filhol. 1876. Mammifère fossiles nouveaux provenant des dépôt de phosphate de chaux du Quercy. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 82(1):288-289

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

See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Van Valen 1967, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014 and Wortman 1902

Sister taxa: Acarictis, Acrohyaenodon, 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, Tinerhodon, Tritemnodon

Subtaxa: Thereutherium thylacodes

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (Oligocene of France)

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