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MACHAEROIDES
(mak-air-oy-deez)
Machaeroides
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 |
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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.

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