Furodon

Furodon Temporal range: 49.3–45.7  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early to Middle Eocene
lower jaw of Furodon crocheti
Scientific classification
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]

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

1. 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.
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.