Pterodon (mammal)

Pterodon
Temporal range: 37–28Ma

Late Eocene - Early Oligocene

Pterodon dasyuroides skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Creodonta
Family: †Hyaenodontidae
Subfamily: †Hyainailourinae
Genus: †Pterodon
Type species
Pterodon dasyuroides
Blainville, 1839
Species
  • P. dasyuroides Blainville 1839
  • P. africanus 1903
  • P. syrtos Holroyd 1999

Pterodon is an extinct genus of superficially wolf-like creodonts that lived during the late Eocene, 30 million years ago.[1]

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.