Metapterodon

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
Genus:	†Metapterodon; Stromer, 1926
Type species
	†Metapterodon kaiseri; Stromer, 1926
Species
	†M. brachycephalus (Osborn, 1909); †M. kaiseri (Stromer, 1926); †M. stromeri (Morales, 1998);
Synonyms
	synonyms of genus: Afropterodon (Lavrov, 1999) ; synonyms of species: M. brachycephalus: Afropterodon brachycephalus (Lavrov, 1999) ; Isohyaenodon brachycephalus (Savage, 1965) ; Hyaenodon brachycephalus (Osborn, 1909) ; Protohyaenodon brachychephalus (Lavrov, 1999) ; Protohyaenodon brachycephalus (Lavrov, 1999) ; Pterodon brachycephalus (Van Valen, 1967) ; ;

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 Egypt, Uganda, Elisabeth Bay Formation in Namibia, and Rusinga Island and Karungu in Kenya.^[9]

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Classification and phylogeny

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]