Eurotherium

Eurotherium; Temporal range: 50.8–41.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early to Middle Eocene
	skull and mandible of; Eurotherium theriodis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyaenodontoidea
Family:	†Hyaenodontidae
Genus:	†Eurotherium; Polly and Lange-Badré, 1993
Type species
	†Eurotherium theriodis; Van Valen, 1965
Species
	†E. mapplethorpei (Solé, 2021); †E. matthesi (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990); †E. theriodis (Van Valen, 1965);
Synonyms
	synonyms of species: E. matthesi: Allopterodon matthesi (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990) ; Prodissopsalis voigti (Matthes, 1967) ; ; E. theriodis: Allopterodon theriodis (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990) ; Prodissopsalis theriodis (Van Valen, 1965) ; ;

Eurotherium ("european beast") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from the extinct family Hyaenodontidae that lived from the Early to Middle Eocene in Europe.^[1]^[6]^[7]

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Eurotherium Temporal range: 50.8–41.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early to Middle Eocene

skull and mandible of Eurotherium theriodis
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
†E. mapplethorpei (Solé, 2021)^[2] †E. matthesi (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)^[3] †E. 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)