Pogonodon

Pogonodon is an extinct genus of cat-like nimravid endemic to North America during the Oligocene.[1]

Pogonodon in a tree

Pogonodon
Temporal range: Oligocene
Skull of P. platycopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Nimravidae
Subfamily: Nimravinae
Genus: Pogonodon
Cope, 1880
Species
  • P. davisi Merriam, 1906
  • P. platycopis (Cope, 1879) (type)

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


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