Sectisodon

Name: Sectisodon.
Phonetic: Sek-te-so-don.
Named By: J.‭ ‬Morales and M.‭ ‬Pickford‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.
Synonyms: Metapterodon markgrafi.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Creodonta.
Species: S.‭ ‬occultus,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬markgrafi.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Egypt.‭ ‬Uganda.
Time period: Early Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Sectisodon is a genus of creodont that lived in Africa during the early Miocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬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 and M.‭ ‬Pickford‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.

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