Orienspterodon
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Family: | †Hyainailouridae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyainailourinae |
| Genus: | †Orienspterodon Egi, Tsubamoto, and Takai, 2007 |
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Orienspterodon is an extinct genus of hyaenodontid creodont that lived in China and Myanmar during the middle Eocene. It was originally assigned to Pterodon in 1975,[1] but was eventually assigned to its own genus in 2007.[2] Although classified as a member of Hyainailouridae by Egi et al., dental characteristics suggest placement in Hyaenodontidae as a close relative of South Asian members of Proviverrinae.[3]
References
- ^ Chow, M.-C. (1975). "Some Carnivores from the Eocene of China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 13 (3): 165–168.
- ^ Egi, N.; Tsubamato, T.; Takai, M. (2007). "Systematic Status of Asian "Pterodon" and Early Evolution of Hyaenaelurine Hyaenodontid Creodonts". Journal of Paleontology. 81 (4): 770–778. doi:10.1666/pleo0022-3360(2007)081[0770:SSOAPA]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4498825.
- ^ Lewis ME, Morlo M (2010) Creodonta. In Werdelin L, Sanders WJ, editors. Cenozoic mammals of Africa. University of California Press. pp. 543–560.
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