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Abdounodus
Temporal range: Paleocene 61–59 Ma
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Abdounodus

Gheerbrant & Sudre, 2001
Species:
A. hamdii
Binomial name
Abdounodus hamdii
Gheerbrant & Sudre, 2001

Abdounodus ("Abdoun tooth") is an extinct genus of condylarths (archaic ungulates) in the family Mioclaenidae, known from the middle Paleocene of northern Africa. The sole species, A. hamdii, is known from teeth discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of present-day Morocco in 2001.[1]

References

  1. ^ Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Sudre, Jean; Iarochene, Mohamed; Moumni, Abdelkader (2001). "First ascertained African "Condylarth" mammals (primitive ungulates: cf. Bulbulodentata and cf. Phenacodonta) from the earliest Ypresian of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (1): 107–118. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0107:FAACMP]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4524176.