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Donodon prescriptoris
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Berriasian
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Donodontidae
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Donodon

Sigogneau-Russell, 1991
Species
  • D. prescriptoris Sigogneau-Russell, 1991 (type)

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.[1]

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