''Pterodon'' ("winged tooth") is an extinct genus of superficially
wolf
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-like
hyainailurids from subtribe Pterodontina within
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of converg ...
tribe
Hyainailourini
Hyainailourini ("hyena-cats") is an extinct polyphyletic tribe of hyainailourid hyaenodonts from paraphyletic subfamily Hyainailourinae that lived in Africa, Asia and Europe during the middle Eocene to middle Miocene.
Classification and phyloge ...
in
paraphyletic
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subfamily
Hyainailourinae
Hyainailourinae ("hyena-cats") is an extinct paraphyletic subfamily of hyainailourid hyaenodonts that lived in Africa, Asia, North America and Europe during the middle Eocene to middle Miocene.
Classification and phylogeny Taxonomy
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, that lived in late
Eocene
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Europe
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.
Classification and phylogeny
Taxonomy
''Pterodon nyanzae'' is now considered to be synonymous with ''
Hyainailouros
''Hyainailouros'' ("hyena-cat") is an extinct polyphyletic genus of hyainailourid hyaenodont mammal of the polyphyletic tribe Hyainailourini within paraphyletic subfamily Hyainailourinae, that lived during the early to middle Miocene, of which ...
''.
[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] Likewise, the putative Asian species ''P. dahkoensis'' is now assigned to its own genus, ''
Orienspterodon
''Orienspterodon'' ("eastern '' Pterodon''") is an extinct genus of hyainailourid hyaenodonts from paraphyletic subfamily Hyainailourinae that lived in China and Myanmar during the middle to late Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geologica ...
''.
Phylogeny
The phylogenetic relationships of genus ''Pterodon'' are shown in the following cladogram:
See also
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Mammal classification
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Hyainailourini
Hyainailourini ("hyena-cats") is an extinct polyphyletic tribe of hyainailourid hyaenodonts from paraphyletic subfamily Hyainailourinae that lived in Africa, Asia and Europe during the middle Eocene to middle Miocene.
Classification and phyloge ...
References
Hyaenodonts
Eocene mammals
Eocene mammals of Europe
Prehistoric placental genera
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