Dyskritodon

Dyskritodon
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 145–139 Ma
Teeth of D. amazighi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eutriconodonta (?)
Genus: Dyskritodon
Sigogneau-Russell, 1995
Type species
Dyskritodon amazighi
Sigogneau-Russell, 1995
Other species
  • D. indicus? Prasad & Manhas, 2002

Dyskritodon ("tooth of unknown origin", from Greek δυσκρίτος, "dyskritos"[1][note 1]) is a genus of extinct mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco, and possibly the Early Jurassic of India. Of uncertain affinities, it is tentatively[2] described as a eutriconodont.

  1. ^ Sigogneau-Russell, D. (1995) Two possibly aquatic triconodont mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 40(2), p.149-162.
  2. ^ Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska; Richard L. Cifelli; Zhe-Xi Luo (2004). "Chapter 7: Eutriconodontans". Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: origins, evolution, and structure. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 216–248. ISBN 0-231-11918-6.


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