Pterodon (mammal)

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]

Pterodon
Temporal range: 37–28 Ma Late Eocene - Early Oligocene
Pterodon dasyuroides skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Family: †Hyaenodontidae
Subfamily: †Hyainailourinae
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

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
  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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