Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Alternative combination: Megalopterodon mongoliensis
Full reference: D. Dashzeveg. 1964. On two Oligocene Hyaenodontidae from Erghilyin-Dzo (Mongolian People’s Republic). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 9(2):263-274
Belongs to Hyaenodon according to T. Tsubamoto et al. 2008
See also Lange-Badre and Dashzeveg 1989
Sister taxa: Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon), Hyaenodon americanus, Hyaenodon bavaricus, Hyaenodon brachycephalus, Hyaenodon brevirostrus, Hyaenodon chunkhtensis, Hyaenodon crucians, Hyaenodon cruentus, Hyaenodon dubius, Hyaenodon eminus, Hyaenodon filholi, Hyaenodon gigas, Hyaenodon horridus, Hyaenodon incertus, Hyaenodon leptocephalus, Hyaenodon leptorhynchus, Hyaenodon megaloides, Hyaenodon microdon, Hyaenodon minor, Hyaenodon montanus, Hyaenodon mustelinus, Hyaenodon neimongoliensis, Hyaenodon pervagus, Hyaenodon raineyi, Hyaenodon venturae, Hyaenodon vetus, Hyaenodon weilini, Hyaenodon yuanchuensis
Type specimen: PSS 21, a mandible. Its type locality is Bayan Tsav Obo (Ergilin Dzo sublocality), which is in an Eocene terrestrial sandstone in the Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mongolia (1 collection)
• Eocene of China (1), Mongolia (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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