Creodonts

Creodonts
 * An extinct group of mammals that lived from the Paleocene to the Miocene
 * Long thought to be the ancestors of modern carnivours but is no longer the case
 * The Creodonts were the dominant group of carnivorous mammals in the early Tertiary
 * They were quite diverse
 * They ranged from very large wolf-like animals to mongoose-like forms
 * Creodonts lived in North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe
 * The founder of this extinct species was a man by the name of Edward Drinker Cope in 1877
 * The last genus went extinct about 8 million years ago
 * There land is now occupied by other carniverous animals



Scientific Classification

Kingdom - Animalia Phlymum - Chordata Class - Mammalia Infraclass - Eutheria Superorder - Laurasiatheria Order - Creodonta

Families

Hyaenodontidae Oxyaenidae