Furodon
| Furodon Temporal range: Early to Middle Eocene
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| lower jaw of Furodon crocheti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Genus: | †Furodon Solé et al., 2013[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Furodon crocheti Solé et al., 2013[1]
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Furodon ("tooth of a thief") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta, that lived in North Africa (Tunisia and Algeria)[1][2] from the early to middle Eocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species F. crocheti.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Solé, F.; Lhuillier, J.; Adaci, M.; Bensalah, M.; Mahboubi, M.; Tabuce, R. (2013). "The hyaenodontidans from the Gour Lazib area (?Early Eocene, Algeria): implications concerning the systematics and the origin of the Hyainailourinae and Teratodontinae". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 12 (3): 303–322. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.795196.
- ^ Solé, Floreal; Essid, E.; Marzougui, W.; Temani, R.; Khayati Ammar, H.; Mahboubi, M'hammed; Marivaux, L.; Vianey-Liaud, M.; Tabuce, Rodolphe (2016). "New fossils of Hyaenodonta (Mammalia) from the Eocene localities of Chambi (Tunisia) and Bir el Ater (Algeria), and the evolution of the earliest African hyaenodonts". Palaeontologia Electronica. 19 (3). doi:10.26879/598. ISSN 1094-8074. Retrieved 8 November 2024.