Sectisodon, 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 : 346

Genus Sectisodon gen. nov.

T y p e s p e c i e s. Sectisodon occultus sp. nov. (with type locality Napak V, Uganda) .

D e r i v a t i o n o m i n i s. From the Latin “sectis” meaning cutting.

D i a g n o s i s. Hyainailourinae of small dimensions, M1 and M2 of similar length. M2 with paracone and metacone fused together, tall and pointed. Protocone very reduced, flattened and extending basally beyond the base of the paracone.Anterior cingulum with a well-defined parastyle with a moderate buccal cingulum. M2 and M1 with the metastyle quite a bit longer than the paracone-metacone. P3 short, with tall main cusp, posterior cusplet moderate, and much reduced protocone. Basal lingual cingulum strong, weaker on the buccal side. Lower molars with protoconid bigger than the metaconid, m2 with talonid present, much reduced in the m3.

O t h e r s p e c i e s. Sectisodon markgrafi ( HOLROYD,

1999), Fayum, Egypt.