Sivapterodon

Sivapterodon is an extinct genus of hyaenodont mammal of the family Hyainailouridae that lived in India during the early Miocene.[1]

Sivapterodon
Temporal range: early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Hyaenodonta
Family:
Hyainailouridae
Subfamily:
Hyainailourinae
Genus:
Sivapterodon

Ginsburg, 1980
Species
  • S. lahirii (Pilgrim, 1932) (type)

Habitat

Sivapterodon was coeval with its close relative Hyainailouros in the grasslands of northern India.[2]

References
  1. Solé F, Amson E, Borths M, Vidalenc D, Morlo M, Bastl K (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. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135698
  2. Morlo, M.; Miller, E. R.; El-Barkooky, A. N. (2007). "Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27: 145. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[145:CACFWM]2.0.CO;2.


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