Megistotherium

Megistotherium is an extinct genus of hyaenodont belonging to the family Hyainailouridae that lived in Africa.

Megistotherium
Temporal range: early Miocene
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Family: Hyainailouridae
Subfamily: Hyainailourinae
Genus: Megistotherium
Savage, 1973
Type species
Megistotherium osteothlastes
Savage, 1973
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • M. osteothlastes:
    • Hyainailouros osteothlastes (Morales & Pickford, 2017)
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