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Metapterodon

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Metapterodon Temporal range: 33.9–15.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early Oligocene to early Miocene

part of a lower jaw of Metapterodon brachycephalus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyainailouroidea
Family:	†Hyainailouridae
Subfamily:	†Hyainailourinae
Tribe:	†Metapterodontini Morales & Pickford, 2017^[1]
Genus:	†Metapterodon Stromer, 1926
Type species
†Metapterodon kaiseri Stromer, 1926
Species
†M. brachycephalus (Osborn, 1909)^[2] †M. kaiseri (Stromer, 1926)^[3] †M. stromeri (Morales, 1998)^[4]
Synonyms
synonyms of genus: Afropterodon (Lavrov, 1999)^[5] synonyms of species: M. brachycephalus: Afropterodon brachycephalus (Lavrov, 1999) Isohyaenodon brachycephalus (Savage, 1965)^[6] Hyaenodon brachycephalus (Osborn, 1909) Protohyaenodon brachychephalus (Lavrov, 1999) Protohyaenodon brachycephalus (Lavrov, 1999) Pterodon brachycephalus (Van Valen, 1967)^[7]

Metapterodon ("next to Pterodon") is an extinct genusofhyainailourid hyaenodonts of the subfamily Hyainailourinae, that lived in Africa during the early Oligocene to early Miocene.^[8] Fossils of Metapterodon were recovered from the Egypt, Uganda, Elisabeth Bay FormationinNamibia, and Rusinga Island and KarunguinKenya.^[9]

Classification and phylogeny

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Taxonomy

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The Paleogene species Metapterodon schlosseri and Metapterodon markgrafi have been reassigned to Falcatodon and Sectisodon respectively.^[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b Jorge Morales; Martin Pickford (2017). "New hyaenodonts (Ferae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Napak (Uganda), Koru (Kenya) and Grillental (Namibia)" (PDF). Fossil Imprint. 73 (3–4): 332–359. doi:10.2478/if-2017-0019. S2CID 31350436.

^ H. F. Osborn (1909.) "New carnivorous mammals from the Fayûm Oligocene, Egypt." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26:415-424

^ Stromer, E. (1926.)『Reste land und süsswasser bewohnender Wirbeltiere aus dem Diamentenfelden Deutsch Südwestafrikas.』In: Kaiser, E. (ed.),『Die Diamantenwüste Südwestafrikas, vol. 2.』Dietrich Reimer, Berlin, pp. 107–153.

^ J. Morales, M. Pickford and D. Soria (1998.) "A new creodont Metapterodon stromeri nov. sp. (Hyaenodontidae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Langental (Sperrgebiet, Namibia)." Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 327(9):633-638.

^ A. V. Lavrov (1999.) "Adaptive Radiation of Hyaenodontinae (Creodonta, Hyaenodontidae) of Asia." in 6th Congress of the Theriological Society, Moscow, April 13–16, p. 138 [in Russian].

^ R. J. G. Savage (1965.) "Fossil Mammals of Africa: The Miocene Carnivora of East Africa." Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(8):241-316

^ L. Van Valen (1967.) "New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(5):217-284

^ 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.

^ MetapterodonatFossilworks.org

Mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Clade: Scrotifera
Grandorder: Ferungulata
Mirorder: Ferae

Pan-Carnivora

Carnivoramorpha	See Carnivoramorpha below ↓
†Hyaenodonta	See Hyaenodonta below ↓
†Oxyaenodonta	See Oxyaenodonta below ↓
†Wyolestidae	†Wyolestes
†Simidectes †Altacreodus †Tinerhodon

†Hyaenodonta

†Afro‑Arabian
clade

†Maocyon/Orienspterodon clade

†Maocyon
†Orienspterodon

†Apterodontinae

†Apterodon
†Quasiapterodon

†Hyainailourinae

†Akhnatenavus clade

†Hyainailourini

†Prionogalidae

†Teratodontinae

other representatives

†Arfia clade

†Arfia

†Galecyon clade

†Galecyon

†Lahimia clade

†Boualitomus
†Lahimia

†Limnocyonidae

†Iridodon
†Limnocyon
†Oxyaenodon
†Prolaena
†Prolimnocyon
†Thinocyon

†Sinopidae

†Acarictis
†Prototomus
†Sinopa

ichnotaxa
of Hyaenodonta

†Oxyaenodonta

†Oxyaenidae

†Machaeroidinae	†Apataelurus †Diegoaelurus †Isphanatherium †Machaeroides
†Oxyaeninae	†Argillotherium †Dipsalidictis †Malfelis †Oxyaena †Patriofelis †Protopsalis †Sarkastodon
†Palaeonictinae	†Ambloctonus †Dipsalodon †Palaeonictis
†Tytthaeninae	†Tytthaena