Extinct family of mammals
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.; JEHENNE, Y.; MOUCHELIN, G.; PILBEAM, D. (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 .
^ "Abelodon" . Paleofile.com .
^ 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 .