Masrasector
| Masrasector Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Family: | †Teratodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Teratodontinae |
| Genus: | †Masrasector Simons and Gingerich, 1974 |
| Type species | |
| Masrasector aegypticum Simons and Gingerich, 1974 | |
| Other species | |
|
Masrasector ligabuei Crochet et al., 1990 Masrasector nananubis Borths and Seiffert, 2017 | |
Masrasector is an extinct genus of hyainailouroid hyaenodont that lived in Afro-Arabia from the Bartonian to the Rupelian stages of the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.[1]
Palaeobiology
[edit]Locomotion
[edit]Discriminant function analysis performed on the humeri of Masrasector nananubis and other hyaenodonts has found that M. nananubis was fully terrestrial and was likely a fast runner.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Masrasector". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ Borths, Matthew Robert; Seiffert, Erik R. (19 April 2017). Ni, Xijun (ed.). "Craniodental and humeral morphology of a new species of Masrasector (Teratodontinae, Hyaenodonta, Placentalia) from the late Eocene of Egypt and locomotor diversity in hyaenodonts". PLOS ONE. 12 (4): e0173527. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173527. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5396875. PMID 28422967. Retrieved 24 August 2026 – via PLOS ONE.
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