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PTERODON
(teh-roe-don)
meaning: "Wing tooth"
Pterodon
Named By: Blainville in 1839
Time Period: 37-28 Ma Late Eocene - Early Oligocene
Location: Egypt, France, Pakistan, United Kingdom
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Remains of several individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Creodonta | Hyaenodontidae |
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Pterodon is an extinct genus of superficially wolf-like hyaenodontids that lived during the late Eocene, 30 million years ago.

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