Apterodontinae

Apterodontinae Temporal range: Late Eocene to Middle Oligocene
Two views of the skull of Apterodon macrognathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyainailouroidea
Family:	†Hyainailouridae
Subfamily:	†Apterodontinae Szalay, 1967
Type genus
†Apterodon Fischer, 1880
Genera
†Apterodon †Quasiapterodon
Synonyms
Apterodontini (Szalay, 1967)

Apterodontinae ("without winged tooth") is an extinct subfamily of hyainailourid hyaenodonts that lived in Africa and Europe during the late Eocene to middle Oligocene.

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• Subfamily: †Apterodontinae (Szalay, 1967)
  • Genus: †Apterodon (Fischer, 1880)
    • †Apterodon altidens (Schlosser, 1910)
    • †Apterodon gaudryi (Fischer, 1880)
    • †Apterodon langebadreae (Grohé, 2012)
    • †Apterodon macrognathus (Andrews, 1904)
    • †Apterodon rauenbergensis (Frey, 2010)
    • †Apterodon saghensis (Simons & Gingerich, 1976)
    • †Apterodon sp. [Dur At-Talah escarpment, Libya] (Grohé, 2012)
  • Genus: †Quasiapterodon (Lavrov, 1999)
    • †Quasiapterodon minutus (Schlosser, 1910)

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of subfamily Apterodontinae are shown in the following cladogram:

†Hyaenodonta	†Eoproviverra       †Boualitomidae           †Arfiidae     †Limnocyonidae       †Sinopidae       †Hyaenodontoidea         †Gazinocyon     †Pyrocyon       †Galecyon    †Afro‑Arabian clade      †Indohyaenodontidae     †Glibzegdouia       †Parvavorodon         †Koholiidae     †Tritemnodon       †Furodon     †Kyawdawia     †Paratritemnodon     †Teratodontidae     †Hyainailouroidea    †Apterodontinae   †Apterodon          †Apterodon altidens     †Apterodon gaudryi    ?  †Apterodon rauenbergensis       †Apterodon langebadreae       †Apterodon macrognathus      ?  †Apterodon sp. (Dur At-Talah escarpment, Libya)     †Apterodon saghensis      †Quasiapterodon  †Quasiapterodon minutus           †Orienspterodon       †Hyainailourinae     †Hemipsalodon    ?  †Ischnognathus   †Akhnatenavus clade     †Akhnatenavus       †Paroxyaenini     †"Pterodon" sp. (BC 15’08)     †Hyainailourinae sp. (UON 84-359)     †Hyainailourinae sp. C (DPC 9243 & DPC 10315)     †Hyainailourinae sp. D (DPC 6545)         †Hyainailourinae sp. A (DPC 6555)     †"Pterodon" africanus     †Parapterodon       †"Pterodon" sp. (DPC 5036)     †"Pterodon" phiomensis   †Hyainailourini         †Kerberos     †"Pterodon" syrtos   †Pterodon clade     †Pterodontina           †Falcatodon     †Sectisodon       †Exiguodon     †Isohyaenodon zadoki           †Isohyaenodon  (†Isohyaenodontina)   †Isohyaenodon andrewsi       †Sivapterodon     †Hyainailouros bugtiensis         †Hyainailouros napakensis   †Hyainailouros       †Hyainailouros sulzeri     †Hyainailourinae sp. (GSN AD 100’96)       †Simbakubwa         †Leakitheriini     †Megistotherium         †Mlanyama     †Metapterodontini         †Pakakali     †Prionogalidae	†Lahimia clade †Arfia clade †Galecyon clade †Indohyaenodon clade †Tritemnodon clade †Kyawdawia clade †Hyainailouridae