Pterodon (mammal)

Pterodon ("winged tooth") is an extinct genus of superficially wolf-like hyaenodont in the subfamily Hyainailourinae that lived in late Eocene Europe.[1]

Not to be confused with Pteranodon or Pterodon (plant).

Pterodon
Temporal range:
Pterodon dasyuroides skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Family: †Hyainailouridae
Subfamily: †Hyainailourinae
Genus: †Pterodon
Blainville, 1839
Type species
†Pterodon dasyuroides
Blainville, 1839
Synonyms
synonyms of P. dasyuroides
  • Pterodon biincisivus (Filhol, 1876)
  • Pterodon coquandi (Pictet, 1853)
  • Pterodon dasuyroides (Lavrov, 1999)
  • Pterodon parisiensis (Blainville, 1841)
  • Pterodon quercyi (Filhol, 1882)

Classification and phylogeny

The genus and species Pterodon dasyuroides was named in 1839.[2]

Other species assigned to Pterodon include Pterodon parisiensis,[3] Pterodon coquandi,[4] Pterodon biicisivus,[5] and Pterodon quercyi.[6] These species are all considered junior synonyms of Pterodon dasyuroides.

Taxonomy

Pterodon nyanzae is now considered to be synonymous with Hyainailouros.[7] Likewise, the putative Asian species P. dahkoensis is now assigned to its own genus, Orienspterodon.[1] "Pterodon" africanus and "Pterodon" phiomensis, both from Egypt, also need to be reevaluated.[8]

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. S2CID 131018072.
  2. Blainville, H. M. (1839). Ostéographie, ou, Description iconographique comparée du squelette et du système dentaire des Mammifères récents et fossiles: pour servir de base à la zoologie et à la géologie.
  3. Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1841.) "Ostéographie ou description iconographique comparée du squelette et du système dentaire des mammifères récents et fossiles." Tome 2: Secondates et Subursus, 123 p.; Viverras, 100 p. et atlas, 117 pl. Baillėte édit. Paris.
  4. F. J. Pictet (1853.) "Traité de Paléontologie." I (2e edit.):584 p. + atlas 110 pl.
  5. H. Filhol (1876.) "Recherches sur les phospohorites du Quercy. Étude des fossiles qi'on y rencontre et spécialement des Mammifères." Annales des Sciences Géologiques, Paris, 7(7):220 p., pl. 11-36; 1877:art. 1, 340 p., 28 pl.
  6. Filhol, H. (1882). "Étude des Mammifères de Ronzon (Haute-Loire)". Ann. Sci. géol. Paris. 12 (3): 270.
  7. 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
  8. Matthew R. Borths; Nancy J. Stevens (2019). "Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, 'Creodonta,' Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (1): e1570222. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E0222B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1570222. S2CID 145972918.
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