Batodon

Batodon Temporal range: Campanian–Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible Danian Record(?)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Cimolesta
Family:	†Cimolestidae
Genus:	†Batodon Marsh, 1892
Species:	†B. tenuis
Binomial name
†Batodon tenuis Marsh, 1892

Batodon is an extinct genus of cimolestid mammal that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago.

Diet

Batodon was an insectivorous mammal which means it ate small bugs, instead of small reptiles.

Extinction

Batodon lived in the Maastrichtian, and may have survived the K-Pg extinction.

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