Abelodon
Sign in to saveAbelodon is an extinct genus of peramurid mammal in the clade Zatheria, which lived during the Early Cretaceous. It is known from a single tooth found in Cameroon's Koum Formation.
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Abelodon is an extinct genus of peramurid mammal in the clade Zatheria, which lived during the Early Cretaceous. It is known from a single tooth found in Cameroon's Koum Formation.
== Paleoecology == Abelodon lived alongside various archosaurs in the Koum Formation, such as ornithopod dinosaurs like Ouranosaurus, theropods like an unnamed baryonychine, and crocodilians like Araripesuchus.
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