Falcatodon
Name:
Falcatodon.
Phonetic: Fal-cat-o-don.
Named By: J. Morales & M. Pickford
- 2017.
Synonyms: Metapterodon schlosseri.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Creodonta,
Hyainailouridae.
Species: F. schlosseri
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Egypt - Jebel Qatrani Formation.
Time period: Rupelian of the Oligocence.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Falcatodon
is a genus of Creodont that lived in Egypt during the early
Oligocene. Falcatodon was originally described as
a species of
Metapterodon
before being re-described as a distinct genus in 2017.
Further reading
- New Pterodontinae (Creodonta: Hyaenodontidae) from the late
Eocene–early Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province,
Egypt. – PaleoBios, 19(2): 1–18. - P. A. Holroyd
- 1999.
- New Hyaenodonts (Ferae, Mammalia) from the early Miocene of
Napak (Uganda), Koru (Kenya) and Grillental (Namibia).
- Fossil Imprint 73(3-4):332-359. - J. Morales
& M. Pickford - 2017.
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