Hahnodon

Hahnodon
Temporal range: 145–139 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Mammaliaformes
Order: †Haramiyida
Family: †Hahnodontidae
Genus: †Hahnodon
Sigogneau-Russell, 1991
Species:
†H. taqueti
Binomial name
†Hahnodon taqueti
Sigogneau-Russell, 1991

Hahnodon ("Hahn's tooth") is an extinct genus of mammaliaforms from the Early Cretaceous Ksar Metlili Formation in Morocco. Although originally considered to be a relatively early member of the extinct clade Multituberculata, recent studies indicate that it instead is a haramiyid.

Fossils and distribution

Hahnodon taqueti is based on a single lower molar found in Lower Cretaceous strata in Morocco.

Classification

Denise Sigogneau-Russell (1991) classified Hahnodon as a member of Multituberculata, but others later considered it to be related to members of Haramiyida. The description of Cifelliodon from North America confirmed that Hahnodon — and by extension, Hahnodontidae — belong to Haramiyida.

References

  1. ↑ "Fossils: Youngest known haramiyid fossil found in North America | Nature | Nature Portfolio". Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  2. ↑ Butler, P. M., & Hooker, J. J. (2005). New teeth of allotherian mammals from the English Bathonian, including the earliest multituberculates. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 50(2).
  3. ↑ S. Anantharaman, G. P. Wilson, D. C. Das Sarma and W. A. Clemens. 2006. A possible Late Cretaceous "haramiyidan" from India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2):488-490
  4. ↑ Adam K. Huttenlocker; David M. Grossnickle; James I. Kirkland; Julia A. Schultz; Zhe-Xi Luo (2018). "Late-surviving stem mammal links the lowermost Cretaceous of North America and Gondwana". Nature. in press. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0126-y.

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