Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Full reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, and D. Soria. 1998. A new creodont Metapterodon stromeri nov. sp. (Hyaenodontidae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Langental (Sperrgebiet, Namibia). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 327(9):633-638
Belongs to Metapterodon according to J. Morales et al. 2008
See also Morales et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Metapterodon brachycephalus, Metapterodon kaiseri, Metapterodon markgrafi, Metapterodon schlosseri
Type specimen: LT 527a’96 and LT 527b’96), a set of teeth (right M1 and M2). Its type locality is Langental, which is in a Miocene terrestrial marl in Namibia.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Namibia (1 collection), Uganda (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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