Eurotherium

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

Eurotherium
Temporal range: Early to Middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Superfamily: †Hyaenodontoidea
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)

Phylogeny

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

 †Hyaenodontoidea 
 

†Proviverridae

 
 †Hyaenodontidae 
 
 
 
 
 
 

†Paracynohyaenodon

 
 

†Quercytherium

 
 

†Cynohyaenodon lautricensis

 
 
 

†Cynohyaenodon cayluxi

 
 
 
 

†Cynohyaenodon ruetimeyeri

 
 

†Cynohyaenodon trux

 
 
 
 

†Cynohyaenodon smithae

 †Cynohyaenodon
 
 
 

†Boritia

 
 ? 

†Protoproviverra

 
 
 ? 

†Praecodens

 
 
 
 

†Leonhardtina

 
 

†Preregidens

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

†Cartierodon

 
 

†Prodissopsalis

 
 
 ? 

†Paenoxyaenoides

 
 

†Eurotherium theriodis

 
 
 

†Eurotherium mapplethorpei

 †Eurotherium
 
 
 

†Eurotherium matthesi

 
 

†Alienetherium

 
 
 
 
 

†Matthodon

 
 
 

†Hyaenodontinae

 
 ? 

†Neosinopa

 
 

†Oxyaenoidinae

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

References
  1. 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. 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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