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- Megistotherium is an extinct genus of hyaenodont belonging to the family Hyainailouridae that lived in Africa and possibly Asia as well. It first appeared...
- sized Hyainailouros was about the size of a tiger, whereas the larger Megistotherium has been estimated to have reached a maximum weight of 500 kilograms...
- close and later-surviving relatives of Simbakubwa, Hyainailouros and Megistotherium (the latter likely being the largest in the group), and the much earlier-living...
- Closely related to other large African hyaenodonts such as Simbakubwa and Megistotherium, Hyainailouros walked with a semi-digitigrade stance and was probably...
- †Creodonta hyaenodontidae hyeanodon, dissopsalis, sarkastostodon, and megistotherium. Superorder Euarchontoglires Grandorder Euarchonta Mirorder Sundatheria...
- †Ekweeconfractus †Megistotherium †Mlanyama †Pakakali †Simbakubwa †Thereutherium †Akhnatenavus clade †Akhnatenavus †Hemipsalodon †Ischnognathus †Maocyon/Orienspterodon...
- Doedicurus (live-acted by the Nine-banded armadillo) Giant man-sized Spider Megistotherium (live-acted by a white-nosed coati) Monitor lizard, possibly the Australian...
- weight up to 4000 kg (8818 lbs). The largest "creodont" was either Megistotherium or Sarkastodon. Both have had estimated weights of around 800 kg (1...
- extinct by the close of the Oligocene.[citation needed] Only Simbakubwa, Megistotherium and several of its sister genera, including Hyainailouros and Sivapterodon...
- †Ekweeconfractus †Megistotherium †Mlanyama †Pakakali †Simbakubwa †Thereutherium †Akhnatenavus clade †Akhnatenavus †Hemipsalodon †Ischnognathus †Maocyon/Orienspterodon...