Hyaenodontidae

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title: "Hyaenodontidae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hyaenodonts", "eocene-mammals", "eocene-extinctions", "eocene-mammals-of-north-america", "extinct-mammals-of-north-america", "prehistoric-mammal-families"] description: "Extinct family of mammals" topic_path: "general/hyaenodonts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyaenodontidae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Extinct family of mammals ::

|fossil_range = early Eocene to early Miocene |image = Hyaenodon horridus skull.jpg |image_caption = skull of Hyaenodon horridus |image2 = Cynohyaenodon cayluxi 2 v2.jpg |image2_caption = skull of Cynohyaenodon cayluxi |taxon = Hyaenodontidae |authority = Leidy, 1869 |type_genus = †Hyaenodon |type_genus_authority = Laizer & Parieu, 1838 |subdivision_ranks = Genera |subdivision = |synonyms = |Hyaenodontida (Haeckel, 1895) |Hyaenodontoidea (Trouessart, 1885)

Hyaenodontidae ("hyena teeth") is a family of placental mammals in the extinct superfamily Hyaenodontoidea. Hyaenodontids arose during the early Eocene and persisted well into the early Miocene. Fossils of this group have been found in Asia, North America and Europe.

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

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References

References

1. Leidy J. (1869.) "On the extinct Mammalia of Dakota and Nebraska: including an account of some allied forms from other localities, together with a synopsis of the mammalian remains of North America." Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia 7: 1–472.
2. "The Paleobiology Database Hyaenodontidae page".
3. {{aut. Lambert, David and the Diagram Group (1985): ''The Field Guide to Prehistoric Life.'' Facts on File Publications, New York. {{ISBN. 0-8160-1125-7
4. (2014). "New proviverrines (Hyaenodontida) from the early Eocene of Europe; phylogeny and ecological evolution of the Proviverrinae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

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