Orienspterodon
Extinct genus of mammals
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Orienspterodon ("eastern Pterodon") is an extinct genus of hyaenodonts from extinct paraphyletic subfamily Hyainailourinae within paraphyletic family Hyainailouridae, that lived from middle to late Eocene in China and Myanmar.[5] Type species O. dahkoensis was originally assigned to genus Pterodon in 1975, but was eventually assigned to its own genus in 2007.[1]
| Orienspterodon Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Hyainailouroidea |
| Family: | †Hyainailouridae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyainailourinae |
| Genus: | †Orienspterodon Egi, 2007[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Orienspterodon dahkoensis Chow, 1975[2] | |
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