| Aletodon Temporal range: Middle Tiffanian - Clarkforkian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Hyopsodontidae |
| Genus: | †Aletodon Gingerich, 1977[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Aletodon gunnelli | |
Aletodon is a genus of ground dwelling insectivores, now extinct. The genus flourished from around 58.7 to 55.8 Ma.[1] It was native to Colorado, Wyoming, and western North Dakota.[2]
- ^ a b "†Aletodon Gingerich 1977 (elephant shrew)". Fossilworks. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ^ Gingerich, Philip D. (December 31, 1983). "NEW ADAPISORICIDAE, PENTACODONTIDAE, AND HYOPSODONTIDAE (MAMMALIA, INSECTIVORA AND CONDYLARTHRA) FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING AND COLORADO". Museum of Paleontology. 26 (11). University of Michigan: 227–255. Retrieved 11 June 2014.