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.^[8] Fossils of Metapterodon were recovered from the Egypt, Uganda, Elisabeth Bay Formation in Namibia, and Rusinga Island and Karungu in Kenya.^[9]

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
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]

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

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