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Taxonomy
Metapterodon schlosseri was named by Holroyd (1999). It is not extant. Its type specimen is DPC 4877. Its type locality is Quarry V (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Falcatodon.
It was recombined as Falcatodon schlosseri by Morales and Pickford (2017).
It was recombined as Falcatodon schlosseri by Morales and Pickford (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1999 | Metapterodon schlosseri Holroyd p. 12 figs. 6A, C, 7, 8A, B |
| 2017 | Falcatodon schlosseri Morales and Pickford p. 344 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Metapterodon schlosseri Holroyd 1999
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. Morales and M. Pickford 2017 | Medium sized Hyainailourinae, differing from Metapterodon by the reduction of the protocone in the upper molars (M1 – M2), which is located in a very anterior
position. It differs from Hyainailouros by the more sectorial morphology of the upper molars, with more advanced fusion of the paracone-metacone with, nevertheless, a groove separating the cusps visible in the M1. Lower molars sectorial with reduced talonid and without a metaconid. It differs from Isohyaenodon, Sectisodon and Exiguodon, by the lesser reduction of the protocone in the upper molars which, above all, retain a stretched out subtriangular occlusal outline. |
Measurements
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||