Megalopterodon Dashzeveg 1964 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Full reference: D. Dashzeveg. 1964. On two Oligocene Hyaenodontidae from Erghilyin-Dzo (Mongolian People’s Republic). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 9(2):263-274

Parent taxon: Hyaenodontinae according to D. Dashzeveg 1964

See also Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Hyaenodon, Isphanatherium, Neoparapterodon, Propterodon

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yagou Ravine (Oligocene of China)

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