Abelodon
Abelodon is an extinct genus of peramurid mammal in the clade Zatheria, dating back to the Barremian stage. It is known from a single tooth found in Cameroon's Koum Formation.[1][2]
| Abelodon | |
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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 | |
| Species | |
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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 Spinosaurus, and crocodilians like Araripesuchus.[3]
References
- "Abelodon". Paleofile.com. ???. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - "118-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur, Mammal Tracks Discovered in Diamond Mine in Angola". Sci News. November 7, 2014.
- Congleton, J.D. (1990). "Vertebrate Paleontology of the Koum Basin, Northern Cameroon, and Archosaurian Paleobiogeography in the Early Cretaceous". Department of Geology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
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