Named By: | William Diller Matthew in 1909 |
Time Period: | Eocene |
Location: | USA |
Size: | Details unavailable |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Remains of a few individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Creodonta | |
Machaeroides ("dagger-like") is a genus of sabre-toothed predatory mammal that lived during the Eocene (56 to 34 mya). Its fossils were found in the U.S. state of Wyoming.