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After the extinction of dinosaurs at the end of the Paleocene, very successful predatory mammals called hyenodontids appeared on Earth. These toothy monsters, for quite a long time, haunted the ancient megafauna, ascending to the top of the food chain. The last and largest representatives of the family died out in the Middle Miocene about 12 million years ago. That is, it turns out that hyenodontids lived almost the entire Cenozoic era, sitting on an abundant meat diet...
After the extinction of dinosaurs at the end of the Paleocene, very successful predatory mammals called hyenodontids appeared on Earth. These toothy monsters, for quite a long time, haunted the ancient megafauna, ascending to the top of the food chain. The last and largest representatives of the family died out in the Middle Miocene about 12 million years ago. That is, it turns out that hyenodontids lived almost the entire Cenozoic era, sitting on an abundant meat diet...
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