Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Alternative combination: Falcatodon schlosseri
Full reference: P. A. Holroyd. 1999. New Pterodontinae (Creodonta: Hyaenodontidae) from the late Eocene-early Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum province, Egypt. PaleoBios 19(2):1-18
Belongs to Metapterodon according to P. A. Holroyd 1999
See also Morales and Pickford 2017
Sister taxa: Metapterodon brachycephalus, Metapterodon kaiseri, Metapterodon markgrafi, Metapterodon stromeri
Type specimen: DPC 4877. Its type locality is Quarry V (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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