Abelodon

Abelodon
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Peramura
Family: Peramuridae
Genus: Abelodon
Brunet et al., 1989
Type species
Abelodon abeli
Brunet et al., 1989
Species

Abelodon abeli Brunet et al., 1989

Abelodon is an extinct genus of peramurid mammal in the clade Zatheria, which lived during the Early Cretaceous.[1] It is known from a single tooth found in Cameroon's Koum Formation.[2]

  1. ^ BRUNET, M; COPPENS, Y.; SUDRE, J.; DEJAX, J.; FLYNN, L.; HEINTZ, E.; HELL, J.; JACOBS, L.; JEHENNE, Y.; MOUCHELIN, G.; PILBEAM, D. (1990). "Nouveaux mammifères du Crétacé inférieur du Cameroun, Afrique de l'Ouest". Nouveaux mammifères du Crétacé inférieur du Cameroun, Afrique de l'Ouest. 310 (8): 1139–1146. ISSN 0764-4450.
  2. ^ "Abelodon". Paleofile.com.