Apterodontinae
| Apterodontinae | |
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| Two views of the skull of Apterodon macrognathus | |
| Apterodon macrognathus life restoration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Hyainailouroidea |
| Family: | †Hyainailouridae |
| Subfamily: | †Apterodontinae Szalay, 1967 |
| Type genus | |
| †Apterodon Fischer, 1880 | |
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Apterodontinae ("without winged tooth") is an extinct subfamily of hyaenodonts from extinct paraphyletic family Hyainailouridae, specialised for aquatic, otter-like habits. They lived in Africa and Europe from the late Eocene to middle Oligocene.