Apterodontinae

Apterodontinae ("without winged tooth") is an extinct subfamily of hyainailourid hyaenodonts that lived in Africa and Europe during the late Eocene to middle Oligocene.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Apterodontinae
Temporal range: Late Eocene to Middle Oligocene
Two views of the skull of
Apterodon macrognathus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Superfamily: Hyainailouroidea
Family: Hyainailouridae
Subfamily: Apterodontinae
Szalay, 1967[1]
Type genus
Apterodon
Fischer, 1880
Genera
Synonyms
  • Apterodontini (Szalay, 1967)

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

  • Subfamily: †Apterodontinae (Szalay, 1967)
    • Genus: †Apterodon (Fischer, 1880)
      • Apterodon altidens (Schlosser, 1910)
      • Apterodon gaudryi (Fischer, 1880)
      • Apterodon langebadreae (Grohé, 2012)
      • Apterodon macrognathus (Andrews, 1904)
      • Apterodon rauenbergensis (Frey, 2010)
      • Apterodon saghensis (Simons & Gingerich, 1976)
      • Apterodon sp. [Dur At-Talah escarpment, Libya] (Grohé, 2012)
    • Genus: †Quasiapterodon (Lavrov, 1999)
      • Quasiapterodon minutus (Schlosser, 1910)

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of subfamily Apterodontinae are shown in the following cladogram:[8][9][10][11][12][13]

 Hyaenodonta 

Eoproviverra

Boualitomidae

Arfiidae

Limnocyonidae

Sinopidae

Hyaenodontoidea

Gazinocyon

Pyrocyon

Galecyon

 AfroArabian clade 

Parvavorodon

Indohyaenodontidae

Glibzegdouia

Koholiidae

Tritemnodon

Teratodontidae

 Apterodontinae 
 Apterodon 

Apterodon altidens

Apterodon gaudryi

 ? 

Apterodon rauenbergensis

Apterodon langebadreae

Apterodon macrognathus

 ? 

Apterodon sp. (Dur At-Talah escarpment, Libya)

Apterodon saghensis

 Quasiapterodon 

Quasiapterodon minutus

Maocyon

Maocyon/Orienspterodon clade

Orienspterodon

Hyainailourinae

Hemipsalodon

 ? 

Ischnognathus

Akhnatenavus clade

Akhnatenavus

"Pterodon" sp. (BC 15’08)

Hyainailourinae sp. (UON 84-359)

Hyainailourinae sp. C (DPC 9243 & DPC 10315)

Hyainailourinae sp. D (DPC 6545)

Kerberos

"Pterodon" syrtos

Pterodon clade

Pterodontina

Hyainailourinae sp. A (DPC 6555)

"Pterodon" africanus

Parapterodon

"Pterodon" sp. (DPC 5036)

"Pterodon" phiomensis

Hyainailourini

Paroxyaenini

Falcatodon

Sectisodon

Exiguodon

Isohyaenodon zadoki

Isohyaenodon  (†Isohyaenodontina)

Isohyaenodon andrewsi

Sivapterodon

Hyainailouros bugtiensis

Hyainailouros napakensis

Hyainailouros

Hyainailouros sulzeri

Hyainailourinae sp. (GSN AD 100’96)

Simbakubwa

Leakitheriini

Megistotherium

Mlanyama

Metapterodontini

Pakakali

Prionogalidae

Hyainailouridae
Lahimia clade
Arfia clade
Galecyon clade
Indohyaenodon clade
Tritemnodon clade

See also

References

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  2. McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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