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'''''Lesmesodon''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[Hyaenodontidae|hyaenodontid]] [[creodont]] that lived during the [[Eocene]].<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1017/S1477201905001707}}</ref> It was found in the [[Messel Pit]] in [[Germany]].
'''''Lesmesodon''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[Hyaenodontidae|hyaenodontid]] [[creodont]] that lived during the [[Eocene]].<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1017/S1477201905001707}}</ref> It was found in the [[Messel Pit]] in [[Germany]]. It belongs to class mammal.
== In Popular Culture ==
== In Popular Culture ==
''Lesmesodon'' is featured in the first episode of the series ''[[Walking with Beasts]]'', where it is not properly identified and is devoured at the edge of a lake by an ''[[Ambulocetus]]''. In the companion book, it is identified as a creodont. Its CGI model in ''Walking with Beasts'' was virtually identical to that of the ''[[Cynodictis]]'' featured in the third episode.
''Lesmesodon'' is featured in the first episode of the series ''[[Walking with Beasts]]'', where it is not properly identified and is devoured at the edge of a lake by an ''[[Ambulocetus]]''. In the companion book, it is identified as a creodont. Its CGI model in ''Walking with Beasts'' was virtually identical to that of the ''[[Cynodictis]]'' featured in the third episode.

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Lesmesodon
Temporal range: Eocene
Lesmesodon edingeri fossil
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Lesmesodon
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L. edingeri

Lesmesodon is an extinct genus of hyaenodontid creodont that lived during the Eocene.[1] It was found in the Messel Pit in Germany. It belongs to class mammal.

Lesmesodon is featured in the first episode of the series Walking with Beasts, where it is not properly identified and is devoured at the edge of a lake by an Ambulocetus. In the companion book, it is identified as a creodont. Its CGI model in Walking with Beasts was virtually identical to that of the Cynodictis featured in the third episode.

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