Sivapterodon
Appearance
Sivapterodon Temporal range: early Miocene
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Genus: | Sivapterodon Ginsburg, 1980
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Sivapterodon is an extinct genus of hyaenodont mammal of the family Hyainailouridae that lived in India during the early Miocene.[1]
Habitat
Sivapterodon was coeval with its close relative Hyainailouros in the grasslands of northern India.[2]
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.