Megistotherium is an extinct genus of hyaenodont belonging to the family Hyainailouridae that lived in Africa. The name of this genus comes from Ancient...

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...

Closely related to other large African hyaenodonts such as Simbakubwa and Megistotherium, Hyainailouros walked with a semi-digitigrade stance and was probably...

close and later-surviving relatives of Simbakubwa, Hyainailouros and Megistotherium (the latter likely being the largest in the group), and the much earlier-living...

extinct by the close of the Oligocene.[citation needed] Only Simbakubwa, Megistotherium and several of its sister genera, including Hyainailouros and Sivapterodon...

on its back, a rhinoceros iguana, a snake, a coati as an oversized Megistotherium, a monitor lizard, an anole, and an Argentine black and white tegu....

†Leakitherium †Megistotherium †Mlanyama †Metapterodon †Pakakali †Paroxyaena †Simbakubwa †Akhnatenavus clade †Akhnatenavus †Hemipsalodon †Ischnognathus...

†Creodonta hyaenodontidae hyeanodon, dissopsalis, sarkastostodon, and megistotherium. Superorder Euarchontoglires Grandorder Euarchonta Mirorder Sundatheria...

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...

†Leakitherium †Megistotherium †Mlanyama †Metapterodon †Pakakali †Paroxyaena †Simbakubwa †Akhnatenavus clade †Akhnatenavus †Hemipsalodon †Ischnognathus...