Sivapterodon

Extinct genus of mammals

Sivapterodon
Temporal range: 13.7–11.3 Ma
PreꞒ
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
middle Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Superfamily: Hyainailouroidea
Family: Hyainailouridae
Subfamily: Hyainailourinae
Tribe: Hyainailourini
Genus: Sivapterodon
Ginsburg, 1980[1]
Type species
Sivapterodon lahirii
Pilgrim, 1932[2]
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • S. lahirii:
    • Hyaenaelurus lahirii (Pilgrim, 1932)
    • Hyainailouros lahirii (Pilgrim, 1932)

Sivapterodon ("Shiva's Pterodon") is an extinct genus of hyainailourid hyaenodont mammal of the subfamily Hyainailourinae that lived in Pakistan during the middle Miocene.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Ginsburg, L. (1980.) "Hyainailouros sulzeri, mammifère créodonte du Miocène européen." Annales de Paléontologie, 66: 19–73.
  2. ^ Pilgrim G. E. (1932.) "The fossil Carnivora of India." Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Palaeontologica Indica, 18:1-232.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ M. Morlo, E. R. Miller and A. N. El-Barkooky (2007.) "Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):145-159
  5. ^ Floréal Solé; Eli Amson; Matthew Borths; Dominique Vidalenc; Michael Morlo; Katharina Bastl (2015). "A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)". PLOS ONE. 10 (9): e0135698. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1035698S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135698. PMC 4580617. PMID 26398622.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora
Pan-Carnivora
Carnivoramorpha
  • See Carnivoramorpha below ↓
Hyaenodonta
  • See Hyaenodonta below ↓
Oxyaenodonta
  • See Oxyaenodonta below ↓
†Wyolestidae
Wyolestes
Hyaenodontoidea
Hyaenodontidae
  • Alienetherium
  • Boritia
  • Cartierodon
  • Consobrinus
  • Cynohyaenodon
  • Eurotherium
  • Hyaenodon
  • Leonhardtina
  • Matthodon
  • Neosinopa
  • Oxyaenoides
  • Paenoxyaenoides
  • Paracynohyaenodon
  • Praecodens
  • Preregidens
  • Prodissopsalis
  • Propterodon
  • Protoproviverra
  • Quercytherium
Proviverridae
†Afro‑Arabian
clade
Indohyaenodontidae
Hyainailouroidea
Hyainailouridae
Maocyon/Orienspterodon clade
Apterodontinae
Hyainailourinae
Akhnatenavus clade
Hyainailourini
†Prionogalidae
  • Namasector
  • Prionogale
  • Thereutherium
Teratodontinae
other representatives
  • Eoproviverra
  • Gazinocyon
  • Pyrocyon
Arfia clade
  • Arfia
Galecyon clade
Lahimia clade
Limnocyonidae
Sinopidae
  • Acarictis
  • Prototomus
  • Sinopa
ichnotaxa
of Hyaenodonta
  • Creodontipus
  • Dischidodacylus
  • Sarcotherichnus
  • Zanclonychopus
  • Hyaenodontipus
  • Quiritipes
  • Sarjeantipes
Oxyaenidae
Machaeroidinae
Oxyaeninae
Palaeonictinae
Tytthaeninae
Carnivoraformes
(Clade "A")
Clade "B"
Quercygalidae
Gracilocyon/Oodectes clade
Clade "C"
Clade "D"
Carnivora
(Clade "E")
Caniformia
(See Caniformia)
Feliformia
(See Feliformia)
other representatives
ichnotaxa of
Carnivoraformes
  • Falcatipes
Viverravoidea
Viverravidae
  • Orientictis
  • Pappictidops
  • Preonictis
  • Variviverra
Didymictinae
Ictidopappinae
Viverravinae
Incertae sedis
  • Ravenictis
Taxon identifiers
Sivapterodon


Stub icon

This prehistoric mammal-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e