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

 †Afro‑Arabian 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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