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| Skull of Hemipsalodon grandis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Hyainailouroidea |
| Family: | †Hyainailouridae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyainailourinae |
| Genus: | †Hemipsalodon Cope, 1885 |
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| †Hemipsalodon grandis Cope, 1885 | |
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Hemipsalodon ("half-scissor tooth") is an extinct genusofhyainailourid hyaenodonts from the subfamily Hyainailourinae that lived in North America during the middle to late Eocene.[4][5]
The skull of Hemipsalodon grandis is 45 centimetres (18 in) in length, with a lower jaw length of 34 centimetres (13 in). The most complete skull (O.M.S.I. No. 619), belonged to an old individual. It is powerfully-built, and overall superficially resembles the mesonychid Harpagolestes. The nasal opening is quite large. The canines are greatly enlarged. The anterior portion of the skull is broad anteriorly, but narrows down considerably posteriorly.[6]
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