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Name - Megistotherium Savage 1973

Name Details

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:742527 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Animalia (Kingdom)
Chordata (Phylum)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
Mammalia (Class)
Creodonta (Order)

References

Original Description Reference

  • Megistotherium. gigantic hyaenodont from Miocene of Gebel Zelten, Libya. Bulletin Br Mus nat Hist (Geol), 22(7) 1973: 485-511. [Zoological Record Volume 110]

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Zoological Record

Recent Publications

  • New specimens of the giant creodont Megistotherium (Hyaenodontidae) from Moghara, Egypt.
  • Megistotherium. gigantic hyaenodont from Miocene of Gebel Zelten, Libya.
  • Systematics and paleobiology of Carnivora and Hyaenodonta from the lower Miocene of Buluk, Kenya.

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