Donodon
| Donodon prescriptoris Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Berriasian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Theria |
| Order: | Dryolestida |
| Family: | Donodontidae |
| Genus: | Donodon Sigogneau-Russell, 1991 |
| Type species | |
| Donodon prescriptoris Sigogneau-Russell, 1991 | |
Donodon is an extinct genus of mammal from the Early Cretaceous (?Berriasian) Séquence B des Couches Rouges of Talssint, Morocco. It is the only member of the family Donodontidae. It differs from dryolestids in having upper molars that are not compressed mesiodistally.
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