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Furodon
Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Family: Teratodontidae
Subfamily: Teratodontinae
Genus: Furodon
Solé et al., 2014
Type species
Furodon crocheti
Solé et al., 2014

Furodon is an extinct genus of hyaenodont that inhabited North Africa during the Eocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species F. crocheti.

Distribution

Fossils of F. crocheti are known from Algeria and Tunisia.

References

  1. Solé, Floréal; Lhuillier, Julie; Adaci, Mohammed; Bensalah, Mustapha; Mahboubi, M’hammed; Tabuce, Rodolphe (3 April 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. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 7 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  2. 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.
Mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora
Pan-Carnivora
Pan-Carnivora
Carnivoramorpha
  • See Carnivoramorpha below ↓
Hyaenodonta
  • See Hyaenodonta below ↓
Oxyaenodonta
  • See Oxyaenodonta below ↓
WyolestidaeWyolestes
Hyaenodonta
Hyaenodontoidea
Hyaenodontidae
Proviverridae
†Afro‑Arabian
clade
Indohyaenodontidae
Hyainailouroidea
Hyainailouridae
Maocyon/Orienspterodon clade
Apterodontinae
Hyainailourinae
Akhnatenavus clade
Hyainailourini
Prionogalidae
Teratodontinae
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Arfia clade
Galecyon clade
Lahimia clade
Limnocyonidae
Sinopidae
ichnotaxa
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Oxyaenodonta
Oxyaenidae
Machaeroidinae
Oxyaeninae
Palaeonictinae
Tytthaeninae
Carnivoramorpha
Carnivoraformes
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Clade "B"
Quercygalidae
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Clade "C"
Clade "D"
Carnivora
(Clade "E")
Caniformia(See Caniformia)
Feliformia(See Feliformia)
other representatives
ichnotaxa of
Carnivoraformes
Viverravoidea
Viverravidae
Didymictinae
Ictidopappinae
Viverravinae
Incertae sedis
Taxon identifiers
Furodon
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