Donodon

Donodon
Donodon prescriptoris
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Berriasian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Order: Dryolestida
Family: Donodontidae
Genus: Donodon
Sigogneau-Russell, 1991
Species
  • D. prescriptoris Sigogneau-Russell, 1991 (type)

Donodon is an extinct genus of mammal from the Early Cretaceous (?Berriasian) Séquence B des Couches Rouges of Talssint, Morocco. It is the only member of the family Donodontidae. It differs from dryolestids in having upper molars that are not compressed mesiodistally.[1]

See also

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