Falcatodon, 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 : 344

Genus Falcatodon gen. nov.

T y p e s p e c i e s. Metapterodon schlosseri HOLROYD,

1999.

D e r i v a t i o n o m i n i s. From “falcate”, the cutting sword used by the Iberians.

D i a g n o s i s. 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.