Abelodon

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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]

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Abelodon
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Abelodon abeli Brunet et al., 1989

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Paleoecology

Abelodon lived alongside various archosaurs in the Koum Formation, such as ornithopod dinosaurs like Ouranosaurus, theropods like the unnamed baryonychine, and crocodilians like Araripesuchus.[3]

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