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Eurotherium
Temporal range: Lutetian–Bartonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Family: Hyaenodontidae
Genus: Eurotherium
Polly and Lange-Badré, 1993
Type species
Prototomus theriodis
Van Valen, 1965
Species
  • Eurotherium theriodis (Van Valen, 1965)
  • Eurotherium matthesi (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)

Eurotherium is an extinct genus of proviverrine hyaenodontid from the Eocene of Eurasia[1]. The genus was established by Polly and Lange-Badré in 1993 for two previously described species Prototomus theriodis (Van Valen, 1965)[2] and Allopterodon matthesi (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)[3]. Eurotherium was a small, scansorial insectivore or carnivore that was closely related or ancestral to the derived subgroup Hyaenodontinae.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Polly, P. David; Lange-Badré, Brigitte (1993). "A new genus Eurotherium (Mammalia, Creodonta) in reference to taxonomic problems with some Eocene hyaenodontids from Eurasia". Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences. 317: 9910996.
  2. ^ Van Valen, Leigh (1965). "Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia)". Palaeontology. 8: 638–665.
  3. ^ Langé-Badre, Brigitte; Haubold, Hartmut (1990). "Les Créodontes (Mammifères) du gisement du Geiseltal (Éocène Moyen, RDA)". Geobios. 5 (23): 607–637.
  4. ^ Borths, Matthew R.; Holroyd, Patricia A.; Seiffert, Eric R. (2016). "Hyainailourinae and Teratodontinae cranial material from the late Eocene of Egypt and the application of parsimony and Bayesian methods to the phylogeny and biogeography of Hyaenodonta (Placentalia, Mammalia)". PeerJ. 4: e2639. doi:10.7717/peerj.2639. PMC 5111901. PMID 27867761.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  5. ^ Dubied, Morgane; Solé, Floréal; Mennecart, Bastien (2019). "The cranium of Proviverra typica (Mammalia, Hyaenodonta) and its impact on hyaenodont phylogeny and endocranial evolution". Palaeontology. 62 (6): 983–1001. doi:10.1111/pala.12437.