Hyaenodon Skull Replica
$151.00
Hyaenodon leptorhynchus were present in diverse endemic radiations in Europe and Africa until the late Miocene.
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Description
Hyaenodon Skull Replica measures 11.0 x 7.0 x 4.5 inches. Hyaenodon Skull Replica is museum quality-polyurethane cast. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
The last surviving family of the carnivorous order of mammals called Creodonta, hyaenodon leptorhynchus are best described as large, archaic predatory mammals that were widely and geographically distributed during the early Cenozoic.
Hyaenodon leptorhynchus were also the most specialized of all creodonts, and were well represented predators in the White River Badlands.
Like other predatory mammals, fossil hyaenodon leptorhynchus are not commonly collected but do show a variation of different sized species. Only the genus Hyaenodon survived into the Oligocene. All creodonts except Hyaenodon disappeared by the end of the Eocene.
Hyaenodon leptorhynchus were present in diverse endemic radiations in Europe and Africa until the late Miocene. White River hyaenodons, including Hyaenodon horribilis, gregarious and mustelinus, are typified by having big heads, large sagittal crests and broad temporal fossae.
With exaggerated dental shearing systems and a digitigrade mode of locomotion, Hyaenodon, especially the large H. horribilis, may have competed for similar species of prey as the large nimravids.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Creodonta
Family: †Hyaenodontidae
Genus: †Hyaenodon
Type species: Hyaenodon leptorhynchus
Conservation Status: Extinct
Additional information
| Weight | 16 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 11 × 7 × 4.5 in |