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.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Family: | †Teratodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Teratodontinae |
| Genus: | †Furodon Solé et al., 2014 |
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| †Furodon crocheti Solé et al., 2014
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Distribution
editFossils of F. crocheti are known from Algeria and Tunisia.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.