Pterodon (mammal)

Pterodon; Temporal range: 37–28 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Eocene - Early Oligocene
	Pterodon dasyuroides skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Family:	†Hyainailouridae
Subfamily:	†
Genus:	†Pterodon; Blainville, 1839
Type species
	Pterodon dasyuroides; Blainville, 1839
Species
	P. dasyuroides Blainville, 1839; P. africanus Andrews, 1906; P. phiomensis Osborn, 1909; P. syrtos Holroyd, 1999;

Pterodon is an extinct genus of superficially wolf-like hyainailurids that lived in Europe and Africa during the late Eocene, about 30 million years ago.^[1]

Taxonomy[]

Pterodon nyanzae Savage, 1965 is now considered to be synonymous with Hyainailouros.^[2] Likewise, the putative Asian species P. dahkoensis is now assigned to its own genus, Orienspterodon.^[3]

References[]

^ Egi, N.; Tsubamoto, T.; Takai, M. (July 2007). "Systematic Status of Asian "Pterodon" and Early Evolution of Hyaenaelurine Hyaenodontid Creodonts". Journal of Paleontology. The Paleontological Society. 81 (4): 770–778. doi:10.1666/pleo0022-3360(2007)081[0770:SSOAPA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360.
^ Lewis, M. E., Morlo, M. (2010): Creodonta. – In : Werdelin, L., Sanders, W. (eds), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. 543–560. https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520257214.003.0026
^ Egi N, Tsubamoto T, Takai M (2007) Systematic status of Asian “Pterodon” and early evolution of hyaenaelurine hyaenodontid creodonts. Journal of Paleontology 81: 4770–4778.

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[Subamoto2007-1] Egi, N.; Tsubamoto, T.; Takai, M. (July 2007). "Systematic Status of Asian "Pterodon" and Early Evolution of Hyaenaelurine Hyaenodontid Creodonts". Journal of Paleontology. The Paleontological Society. 81 (4): 770–778. doi:10.1666/pleo0022-3360(2007)081[0770:SSOAPA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360.

[2] Lewis, M. E., Morlo, M. (2010): Creodonta. – In : Werdelin, L., Sanders, W. (eds), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. 543–560. https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520257214.003.0026

[3] Egi N, Tsubamoto T, Takai M (2007) Systematic status of Asian “Pterodon” and early evolution of hyaenaelurine hyaenodontid creodonts. Journal of Paleontology 81: 4770–4778.

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Pterodon Temporal range: 37–28 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Eocene - Early Oligocene

Pterodon dasyuroides skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Family:	†Hyainailouridae
Subfamily:	†
Genus:	†Pterodon Blainville, 1839
Type species
Pterodon dasyuroides Blainville, 1839
Species
P. dasyuroides Blainville, 1839 P. africanus Andrews, 1906 P. phiomensis Osborn, 1909 P. syrtos Holroyd, 1999