Pterodon leptognathus Osborn 1909 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1909. New carnivorous mammals from the Fayûm Oligocene, Egypt. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26:415-424

Belongs to Pterodon according to H. F. Osborn 1909

See also Borths et al. 2016, Holroyd 1999, Simons 1968 and Solé et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Pterodon africanus, Pterodon dasyuroides, Pterodon hyaenoides, Pterodon magnus, Pterodon nyanzae, Pterodon phiomensis, Pterodon syrtos

Type specimen: AMNH 13263, a mandible (Lower jaw). Its type locality is Quarry A (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry A (Jebel Qatrani Formation)

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