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Hyaenodontidae

Hyaenodontidae (" hyena teeth") is a family of the extinct predatory mammals.

The hyaenodontids were important mammalian predators that arose during the late Paleocene and persisted well into the Miocene. They were considerably more widespread and successful than the oxyaenids, the other clade once considered part of Creodonta.