Teratodontidae

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Teratodontidae ("monstrous teeth") is a family of extinct predatory mammals within the polyphyletic superfamily Hyainailouroidea within extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from Middle Eocene to Late Miocene deposits in Africa and Asia.[2][3][4][5][6]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:†Hyainailouroidea
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Teratodontidae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene - Late Miocene 49.3–10 Ma
lower jaw of Brychotherium ephalmos
skull of Masrasector nananubis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Superfamily: †Hyainailouroidea
Family: †Teratodontidae
Savage, 1965[1]
Subfamily: †Teratodontinae
Savage, 1965[1]
Type genus
†Teratodon
Savage, 1965
Genera
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Etymology

The name of the family translates as "monstrous teeth" (from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras) 'monster', from Ancient Greek ὀδών (odon) 'tooth' and taxonomic suffix "-idae".

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

  • Family: †Teratodontinae (Savage, 1965)
    • Subfamily: †Teratodontinae (Savage, 1965)
      • Genus: †Anasinopa (Savage, 1965)
        • †Anasinopa haasi (Tchernov, 1987)
        • †Anasinopa leakeyi (Savage, 1965)
        • †Anasinopa libyca (Morales, Brewer & Pickford, 2010)[7]
        • †Anasinopa napaki (Savage 1965)
      • Genus: †Brychotherium (Borths, 2016)
        • †Brychotherium atrox (Holroyd, 1994, nomen nudum; sometimes listed as Sinopa atrox)
        • †Brychotherium ephalmos (Borths, 2016)
      • Genus: †Masrasector (Simons & Gingerich, 1974)
        • †Masrasector aegypticum (Simons & Gingerich, 1974)
        • †Masrasector ligabuei (Crochet, 1990)
        • †Masrasector nananubis (Borths & Seiffert, 2017)
        • †Masrasector pithecodacos (Holroyd, 1994)
      • Genus: †Metasinopa (Osborn, 1909)
        • †Metasinopa ethiopica (Andrews, 1906)
        • †Metasinopa fraasii (Osborn, 1909)
        • †Metasinopa osborni (Holroyd, 1994)
        • †Metasinopa sp. [DPC 4544 & DPC 10199] (Matthew, 2017)
      • Tribe: †Dissopsalini (Morales & Pickford, 2017)
        • Genus: †Buhakia (Morlo, 2007)
          • †Buhakia hyaenoides (Morales, 2003)
          • †Buhakia moghraensis (Morlo, 2007)
          • †Buhakia sp. I [Karungu, Kenya] (Savage, 1965)
          • †Buhakia sp. II [GSN GT VI 22'17] (Morales & Pickford, 2017)
        • Genus: †Dissopsalis (Pilgrim, 1910)
          • †Dissopsalis carnifex (Pilgrim, 1910)
          • †Dissopsalis pyroclasticus (Savage, 1965)
      • Tribe: †Teratodontini (Savage, 1965)
        • Genus: †Teratodon (Savage, 1965)
          • †Teratodon enigmae (Savage, 1965)
          • †Teratodon spekei (Savage, 1965)
          • †Teratodon sp. [DPC 8999] (Morlo, 2007)
      • Incertae sedis:
        • †Teratodontinae sp. [BC 2'08] (Pickford, 2008)
        • †Teratodontinae sp. [CBI-1-614] (Solé, 2016)
        • †Teratodontinae sp. [Locality BQ-2, Fayum, Egypt] (Al-Ashqar, 2023)
Life reconstruction of Masrasector nananubis.

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