| Orienspterodon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Hyainailouroidea |
| Family: | †Hyainailouridae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyainailourinae |
| Genus: | †Orienspterodon Egi, 2007[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Orienspterodon dahkoensis Chow, 1975[3] | |
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Orienspterodon ("easternPterodon") is anextinctgenus ofhyaenodonts from extinctparaphyletic subfamilyHyainailourinae within paraphyletic familyHyainailouridae, that lived from middle to lateEocene inChina andMyanmar.[5] Type speciesO. dahkoensis was originally assigned to genusPterodon in 1975, but was eventually assigned to its own genus in 2007.[1]
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