Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Full reference: J.-Y. Crochet. 1988. Le gisement du Bretou (Phosphorites du Quercy, Tarn-et-Garonne, France) et sa faune des vertebres de l'Eocene superieur; 3. Marsupiaux creodontes et fissipedes. [Le Bretou locality (Quercy Phosphorites, Tarn-et-Garonne, France) and its late Eocene vertebrate fauna; 3. Marsupialia, Creodonta and Fissipeda.]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 205(1-6):61-67
Belongs to Cynohyaenodon according to J.-Y. Crochet 1988
Sister taxa: Cynohyaenodon cayluxi, Cynohyaenodon lautricensis, Cynohyaenodon minor, Cynohyaenodon ruetimeyeri, Cynohyaenodon trux
Type specimen: BRT 939, a maxilla (portion of a right maxilla with 3 teeth). Its type locality is Le Bretou, which is in a Bartonian karst phosphorite in France.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Le Bretou
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