Metapterodon

Metapterodon ("next to Pterodon") is an extinct genus of hyainailourid hyaenodonts of the subfamily Hyainailourinae, that lived in Africa during the early Oligocene to early Miocene. Fossils of Metapterodon were recovered from the Egypt, Uganda, Elisabeth Bay Formation in Namibia, and Rusinga Island and Karungu in Kenya.

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

The Paleogene species Metapterodon schlosseri and Metapterodon markgrafi have been reassigned to Falcatodon and Sectisodon respectively.

References

1. Hyainailouridae
2. Saber-toothed predator
3. Hyaenodonta
4. Falcatodon
5. Hyaenodon
6. Oxyaenidae
7. Simbakubwa
8. Megistotherium
9. Sectisodon
10. Lycophocyon
11. Ferae
12. Sarkastodon
13. Carnivoramorpha
14. Machaeroidinae
15. Jebel Qatrani Formation
16. Sinopa
17. Machaeroides
18. Tapocyon
19. Hyaenodontoidea
20. Hyainailourinae