Eurotherium

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Eurotherium
Temporal range: 50.8–41.2 Ma Early to Middle Eocene
Eurotherium theriodis.jpg
parts of E. theriodis mandible
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:
Family: Hyaenodontidae
Genus: Eurotherium
Polly and Lange-Badré, 1993[1]
Type species
Eurotherium theriodis
Van Valen, 1965
Species
  • Eurotherium mapplethorpei (Solé, 2021)[2]
  • Eurotherium matthesi (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)[3]
  • Eurotherium theriodis (Van Valen, 1965)[4]
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • E. matthesi:
    • Allopterodon matthesi (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)
    • Prodissopsalis voigti (Matthes, 1967)[5]
  • E. theriodis:
    • Allopterodon theriodis (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)
    • Prodissopsalis theriodis (Van Valen, 1965)

Eurotherium ("european beast") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of hyaenodontid mammal that lived during the early to middle Eocene in Europe.[1][6][7]

Phylogeny[]

The phylogenetic relationships of genus Eurotherium are shown in the following cladogram.[8][9][10][2]

 † 

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 †Hyaenodontidae 

Cynohyaenodon lautricensis

Cynohyaenodon cayluxi

Cynohyaenodon ruetimeyeri

Cynohyaenodon trux

Cynohyaenodon smithae

Cynohyaenodon

 ? 

 ? 

 ? 

Eurotherium theriodis

Eurotherium mapplethorpei

Eurotherium

Eurotherium matthesi

Hyaenodon horridus by R. B. Horsfall (coloured).jpg

 ? 

Cynohyaenodon/Quercytherium
clade
Leonhardtina clade
Eurotherium clade
Matthodon clade
Oxyaenoides clade

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Solé, F.; Morlo, M.; Schaal, T.; Lehmann, T. (2021). "New hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the late Ypresian locality of Prémontré (France) support a radiation of the hyaenodonts in Europe already at the end of the early Eocene". Geobios. 66–67: 119–141. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2021.02.004. S2CID 234848856.
  3. ^ Langé-Badre, Brigitte; Haubold, Hartmut (1990). "Les Créodontes (Mammifères) du gisement du Geiseltal (Éocène Moyen, RDA)". Geobios. 5 (23): 607–637. doi:10.1016/0016-6995(90)80028-E.
  4. ^ Van Valen, Leigh (1965). "Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia)". Palaeontology. 8: 638–665.
  5. ^ Matthes H. W. (1967.) "Eine neue Creodontier-Art aus der eozänen Geiseltal fauna." Ber. deutsch Ges. Geol. Wiss., (A), 12, 6: 659-667.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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. S2CID 201310577.
  8. ^ Borths, Matthew R; Stevens, Nancy J (2017). "Deciduous dentition and dental eruption of Hyainailouroidea (Hyaenodonta, "Creodonta," Placentalia, Mammalia)". Palaeontologia Electronica. 20 (3): 55A. doi:10.26879/776.
  9. ^ Matthew R. Borths; Nancy J. Stevens (2019). "Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, 'Creodonta,' Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (1): e1570222. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1570222. S2CID 145972918.
  10. ^ Floréal Solé; Bernard Marandat; Fabrice Lihoreau (2020). "The hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the French locality of Aumelas (Hérault), with possible new representatives from the late Ypresian". Geodiversitas. 42 (13): 185–214. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a13.
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