Abdounodus

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Abdounodus
Temporal range:
Ma
A. hamdii lower jaw
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Afrotheria
Clade: Paenungulatomorpha
Genus: Abdounodus
Gheerbrant & Sudre, 2001
Species:
A. hamdii
Binomial name
Abdounodus hamdii
Gheerbrant et al., 2001

Abdounodus ("Abdoun tooth") is an extinct genus of mammal known from the middle Paleocene of northern Africa. The sole species, A. hamdii, is known from teeth discovered in the

paenungulates with other afrotheres.[2]

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