| Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
| Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Taxonomy
Apterodon was named by Fischer (1880). Its type is Apterodon gaudryi.
It was assigned to Hyaenodontinae by Savage (1965), Van Valen (1967); to Hyaenodontidae by Andrews (1906), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Apterodontinae by Lange-Badré and Böhme (2005), Grohé et al. (2012), Solé et al. (2014); and to Apterodontinae by Borths and Stevens (2017).
It was assigned to Hyaenodontinae by Savage (1965), Van Valen (1967); to Hyaenodontidae by Andrews (1906), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Apterodontinae by Lange-Badré and Böhme (2005), Grohé et al. (2012), Solé et al. (2014); and to Apterodontinae by Borths and Stevens (2017).
Species
Synonyms
|
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1880 | Apterodon Fischer |
| 1887 | Dasyurodon Andreae p. 125 |
| 1906 | Apterodon Andrews p. 225 |
| 1965 | Apterodon Savage p. 267 |
| 1967 | Apterodon Van Valen |
| 1997 | Apterodon McKenna and Bell |
| 2005 | Apterodon Lange-Badré and Böhme p. 312 |
| 2012 | Apterodon Grohé et al. |
| 2014 | Apterodon Solé et al. |
| 2017 | Apterodon Borths and Stevens |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Apterodon Fischer 1880
show all | hide all
†Apterodon altidens Schlosser 1910
†Apterodon intermedius Lange-Badré and Böhme 2005
†Apterodon langebadreae Grohé et al. 2012
†Apterodon macrognathus Andrews 1904
†Apterodon rauenbergensis Frey et al. 2010
†Apterodon saghensis Simons and Gingerich 1976
Invalid names: Dasyurodon Andreae 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | A. langebadreae (174667 174668 174670) A. sp. (174671) A. sp., A. langebadreae (174669) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt (Fayum) | A. saghensis (175910) A. sp. (181545 181549) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | Egypt (Fayum) | A. macrognathus (65960) | |
| MP 22 | Germany | A. sp. (46097) | |
| MP 22 | France (Midi-Pyrenées) | A. sp. (167537) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | A. altidens (175909) A. macrognathus (12960 175420) A. sp. (60127) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | A. sp. (65088) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Carnivora indet. (68021) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | A. gaudryi (65077) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kenya | A. gaudryi (166975 174672 174673) |