Sectisodon Morales and Pickford 2017 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae

Full reference: J. Morales and M. Pickford. 2017. New Hyaenodonts (Ferae, Mammalia) from the early Miocene of Napak (Uganda), Koru (Kenya) and Grillental (Namibia). Fossil Imprint 73(3-4):332-359

Parent taxon: Hyainailourini according to J. Morales and M. Pickford 2017

Sister taxa: Exiguodon, Falcatodon, Sivapterodon

Subtaxa: Sectisodon occultus

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Type: Sectisodon occultus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Napak (Napak Member) (Miocene of Uganda)

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