Donodon
Donodon is an extinct genus of mammal from the Early Cretaceous (?Berriasian) Ksar Metlili Formation of Talssint, Morocco. It differs from dryolestids in having upper molars that are not compressed mesiodistally.[1] Recent studies suggest that it was closely related to various South American dryolestoids in the clade Meridiolestida.[2] Specific similarities to Mesungulatum, a herbivorous mesungulatid, are noted.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Dryolestida |
| Clade: | †Meridiolestida |
| Family: | †Donodontidae Sigogneau-Russell, 1991 |
| Genus: | †Donodon Sigogneau-Russell, 1991 |
| Species: | †D. prescriptoris |
| Binomial name | |
| †Donodon prescriptoris Sigogneau-Russell, 1991 | |
See also
- Prehistoric mammal
References
- D. Sigogneau-Russell. 1991. Nouveaux Mammiferes theriens du Cretace inferieur du Maroc. Comptes-Rendus de l'Academis des Sciences du Paris, series II 313:279-285
- Laura Chornogubsky, New remains of the dryolestoid mammal Leonardus cuspidatus from the Los Alamitos Formation (Late Cretaceous, Argentina), Article in Paläontologische Zeitschrift 85(3):343-350 · September 2011 doi: 10.1007/s12542-010-0095-4
- Bonaparte, J.F. 2002. New Dryolestida (Theria) from the LateCretaceous of Los Alamitos, Argentina, and paleogeographicalcomments.Neues Jahrbuch fu ̈r Geologie und Pala ̈ontologie,Abhandlungen224(3): 339–371.
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