Ctenacodon

Ctenacodon
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Lower and upper jaws
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Family: Allodontidae
Genus: Ctenacodon
Marsh, 1879
Species
  • C. laticeps (Marsh, 1881)
  • C. scindens Simpson, 1928
  • C. serratus Marsh, 1879 (type)

Ctenacodon is a genus of extinct mammal that lived in what is now North America during the Upper Jurassic period. It is a member of the family Allodontidae within the order Multituberculata. Ctenacodon, also known as Allodon (Marsh 1881), was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1879. At least three species are currently recognized.

Present in stratigraphic zone 5.[1] Remains possibly referrable to Ctenacodon have been recovered from stratigraphic zone 2.[1]

  1. ^ a b Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.