Parapterodon Lange-Badre 1979 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae

Parent taxon: Hyainailourinae according to F. Solé et al. 2014

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Morales and Pickford 2017

Sister taxa: Akhnatenavus, Dissopsalini, Hemipsalodon, Hyainailourini, Hyainailouros, Isohyaenodon, Kerberos, Leakitherium, Megistotherium, Metapterodon, Metapterodontini, Mlanyama, Orienspterodon, Paroxyaenini, Parvavorodon, Pterodon, Simbakubwa

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Parapterodon in the database

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