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Steph’s Extinct Animals Chapter 2: Tytthaena parrisi

Tytthaena Parrisi teeth- https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Tytthaena
  • Tytthaena parrisi, commonly known as ‘little hyena’
  • Existed around 59 million years ago in the Paleocene epoch
  • They were really small, spanning only up to 1.1m in length and 25cm in height!
  • They weighed 5-10kg
  • The little hyena lived across Western North America
  • They are the oldest known genus and species in the Oxyaenidae family
  • Tytthaena parrisi is one of 29 Oxyaenidae species
  • They only had 2 molars in their mouth
  • Despite being the oldest known Creodont, they were not directly related to hyyaenodontids
  • They were carnivores
  • They were placental mammals

References:

Click to access Polly,%201999,%20Creodonts.pdf

https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Tytthaena-parrisi

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Tytthaena-parrisi%2C-oldest-known-oxyaenid-(Mammalia%2C-Gingerich/646de4d792fe0c7bd8842e010c32a0139699a07e

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Tytthaena – photo

SBCCQ Inc. is a small, dedicated and driven conservation team based in Perth, Western Australia with a mission to save our wildlife and our environment. SBCCQ Inc. was founded by two very special women: Stephanie and her mother Angy.

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