Dyskritodon
Sign in to saveDyskritodon ("tooth of unknown origin", from Greek δυσκρίτος, "dyskritos") is a genus of extinct mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco and possibly the Early Jurassic of India. Of uncertain affinities. It is tentatively described as a eutriconodont.
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Dyskritodon ("tooth of unknown origin", from Greek δυσκρίτος, "dyskritos") is a genus of extinct mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco and possibly the Early Jurassic of India. Of uncertain affinities. It is tentatively described as a eutriconodont.
==Description== The type species, D. amazighi, is known from the Ksar Metlili Formation in the Atlas Mountains, dating to the Berriasian. It is known from several molars, about 1.85 mm long. These teeth are noted for being rather high and narrow crowned, bearing three main cusps that decrease in height posteriorly, as well as two minuscule mesial cusps.