Hahnodon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
Order: | † Haramiyida |
Family: | † Hahnodontidae |
Genus: | †
Hahnodon Sigogneau-Russell, 1991 |
Species: | †H. taqueti
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Binomial name | |
†Hahnodon taqueti Sigogneau-Russell, 1991
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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. [1]
Hahnodon taqueti is based on a single lower molar found in Lower Cretaceous strata in Morocco.
Denise Sigogneau-Russell (1991) classified Hahnodon as a member of Multituberculata, but others later considered it to be related to members of Haramiyida. [2] [3] The description of Cifelliodon from North America confirmed that Hahnodon — and by extension, Hahnodontidae — belong to Haramiyida. [4]