Abelodon

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]

Abelodon Temporal range: Early Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Peramura
Family:	†Peramuridae
Genus:	†Abelodon Brunet et al., 1989
Type species
†Abelodon abeli Brunet et al., 1989
Species
†Abelodon abeli Brunet et al., 1989

Paleoecology

Abelodon lived alongside various archosaurs in the Koum Formation, such as ornithopod dinosaurs like Ouranosaurus, theropods like the unnamed baryonychine, and crocodilians like Araripesuchus.^[3]