Metapterodontini, Morales & Pickford, 2017

Morales, Jorge & Pickford, Martin, 2017, New Hyaenodonts (Ferae, Mammalia) From The Early Miocene Of Napak (Uganda), Koru (Kenya) And Grillental (Namibia), Fossil Imprint 73 (3 - 4), pp. 332-359 : 339

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https://doi.org/ 10.2478/if-2017-0019

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scientific name

Metapterodontini
status

trib. nov.

Tribe Metapterodontini trib. nov.

T y p e g e n u s. Metapterodon STROMER, 1926 .

D i a g n o s i s. Hyainailourinae with sectorial upper molars (M2 – M1) with the paracone and metacone subequal in size and fused together, nevertheless with a moderate vertical groove between the two cusps. It has a strong protocone united to the rest of the tooth by a long, narrow isthmus. Lower molars with metaconid, with unicuspidate talonid which is very reduced in the m3. Premolars gracile.

I n c l u d e d g e n e r a. Type genus only.

Stromer, E. (1926): Reste land- und susswasserbewohnender Wirbeltiere aus dem Diamentenfelden Deutsch-Sudwestafrikas. - In: Kaiser, E. (ed.), Die Diamantenwuste Sudwestafrikas, vol. 2. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin, pp. 107 - 153.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Hyaenodontidae