Apterodon intermedius Lange-Badré and Böhme 2005 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae

Full reference: B. Lange-Badré and M. Böhme. 2005. Apterodon intermedius, sp. nov., a new European Creodont Mammal from MP22 of Espenhain (Germany). Annales de Paléontologie 91:311-328

Belongs to Apterodon according to C. Grohé et al. 2012

See also Lange-Badré and Böhme 2005

Sister taxa: Apterodon altidens, Apterodon gaudryi, Apterodon langebadreae, Apterodon macrognathus, Apterodon rauenbergensis, Apterodon saghensis

Type specimen: BSP/SMNS unnumbered, a mandible (Fragment mandible dex. with p4-m2). Its type locality is Espenhain/Sachsen, which is in a MP 22 marine horizon in the Bohlen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Espenhain/Sachsen

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