Iberodon Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Multituberculata |
Family: | † Pinheirodontidae |
Genus: | † Iberodon |
Species: | †I. quadrituberculatus
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Binomial name | |
†Iberodon quadrituberculatus Hahn G. & Hahn R., 1999
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Iberodon is a small, extinct mammal of the Lower Cretaceous from Portugal. It was a member of the also extinct order Multituberculata, and led its obscure and plant-eating existence in the company of dinosaurs. It lies within the suborder " Plagiaulacida" and family Pinheirodontidae.
The genus Iberodon was named by Hahn G. and Hahn R. in 1999 based on a single species. The species, known as Iberodon quadrituberculatus, is known from teeth found in Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous)-age strata of Portugal.