Biology:Abelodon
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Short description: Extinct family of mammals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Peramura |
| Family: | †Peramuridae |
| Genus: | †Abelodon Brunet et al., 1989 |
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| †Abelodon abeli Brunet et al., 1989
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†Abelodon abeli Brunet et al., 1989 | |
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]
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
- ↑ BRUNET, M; COPPENS, Y.; SUDRE, J.; DEJAX, J.; FLYNN, L.; HEINTZ, E.; HELL, J.; JACOBS, L. et al. (1990). "Nouveaux mammifères du Crétacé inférieur du Cameroun, Afrique de l'Ouest". Nouveaux mammifères du Crétacé inférieur du Cameroun, Afrique de l'Ouest 310 (8): 1139–1146. ISSN 0764-4450. https://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&idt=19338832.
- ↑ "Abelodon". http://www.paleofile.com/Mammalia/Abelodon.asp.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q96371389 entry
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