Abelodon
Extinct family of mammals
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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]
| Abelodon Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Peramura |
| Family: | †Peramuridae |
| Genus: | †Abelodon Brunet et al., 1989 |
| Type species | |
| †Abelodon abeli Brunet et al., 1989 | |
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†Abelodon abeli Brunet et al., 1989 | |
Paleoecology
Abelodon lived alongside various archosaurs in the Koum Formation, such as ornithopod dinosaurs like Ouranosaurus, theropods like an unnamed baryonychine, and crocodilians like Araripesuchus.[3]
