Furodon
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|fossil_range = {{fossil_range|49.3|45.7}} Early to Middle Eocene
|image = Furodon dentary Sole et al 2015.png
|image_caption = lower jaw of Furodon crocheti
|taxon = Furodon
|type_species = †Furodon crocheti
|type_species_authority = Solé et al., 2013
|synonyms =
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Furodon ("tooth of a thief") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta, that lived in North Africa (Tunisia and Algeria){{Cite journal |last=Solé |first=Floreal |last2=Essid |first2=E. |last3=Marzougui |first3=W. |last4=Temani |first4=R. |last5=Khayati Ammar |first5=H. |last6=Mahboubi |first6=M'hammed |last7=Marivaux |first7=L. |last8=Vianey-Liaud |first8=M. |last9=Tabuce |first9=Rodolphe |date=2016 |title=New fossils of Hyaenodonta (Mammalia) from the Eocene localities of Chambi (Tunisia) and Bir el Ater (Algeria), and the evolution of the earliest African hyaenodonts |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2016/1598-new-eocene-african-hyaenodonts |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |language=en |volume=19 |issue=3 |doi=10.26879/598 |issn=1094-8074 |access-date=8 November 2024}} from the early to middle Eocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species F. crocheti.
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