Креодонтите (Creodonta) са разред изчезнали бозайници, живели от палеоцена до миоцена. В миналото са смятани за прародители на разред Хищници (Carnivora), но днес се приема, че двете групи имат общ предшественик.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Разред Креодонти
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- ↑ Grohé et al. 2012
- ↑ Anna Bastl, Katharina. First evidence of the tooth eruption sequence of the upper jaw in Hyaenodon (Hyaenodontidae, Mammalia) and new information on the ontogenetic development of its dentition // Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88 (4). 2013. DOI:10.1007/s12542-013-0207-z. с. 481 – 494.
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