Pogonodon

This article is about a genus of extinct mammal. For the living genus of land snails, see Pogonodon (gastropod).
Pogonodon
Temporal range: Oligocene
Skull of P. platycopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Nimravidae
Subfamily: Nimravinae
Genus: Pogonodon
Species
  • P. davisi Merriam, 1906
  • P. platycopis (Cope, 1879) (type)

Pogonodon is an extinct genus of the family Nimravidae, subfamily Nimravinae endemic to North America during the Oligocene.[1]

Taxonomy

Pogonodon in a tree

Pogonodon was described in 1880 by Edward Drinker Cope. Two species are recognized, P. davisi and P. platycopis.[2]

Morphology

A single specimen was examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass and was estimated to have a weight of 31.2 kg (69 lb).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Malcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level Columbia University Press, New York 1997, 631 Seiten, ISBN 0-231-11013-8
  2. ↑ Barrett PZ. (2016) Taxonomic and systematic revisions to the North American Nimravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) PeerJ 4:e1658 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1658
  3. ↑ S. Legendre and C. Roth. 1988. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology


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