Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae

Alternative combination: Metapterodon zadoki

Synonym: Isohyaenodon matthewi Savage 1956

Full reference: R. J. G. Savage. 1965. Fossil Mammals of Africa: 19 The Miocene Carnivora of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(8):241-316

Belongs to Isohyaenodon according to J. Morales et al. 1998

See also Morales et al. 2007 and Savage 1965

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Isohyaenodon zadoki: BMNH M19094, a maxilla (ight maxillary fragment with M1+2).
• Isohyaenodon matthewi:

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Rusinga Island (Miocene of Kenya)

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