Sivapterodon

Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:Hyainailouroidea
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Sivapterodon
Temporal range: 13.7–11.3 Ma
middle Miocene
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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)
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