Alticonodon

Alticonodon
Temporal range: Santonian-Campanian, 84.5–83.5 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Eutriconodonta
Family: †Triconodontidae
Subfamily: †Alticonodontinae
Genus: †Alticonodon
Fox, 1969
Species:
†A. lindoei
Binomial name
†Alticonodon lindoei
Fox, 1969

Alticonodon is a genus of extinct mammal from the Late Cretaceous of North America. It is one of the geologically youngest known eutriconodonts, and is a fairly more specialised animal than earlier representatives of this clade.[1]

  1. ^ R. C. Fox. 1969. Studies of Late Cretaceous vertebrates. III. A triconodont mammal from Alberta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 47:1253-1256