Donodontidae

Donodontidae
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Cladotheria
Family: Donodontidae
Sigogneau-Russell, 1991
Genera
  • Donodon
  • Stylodens
  • Anoualestes
  • Amazighodon

Donodontidae is an extinct family of cladotherian mammals known from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of North Africa. When originally named in 1991, Donodontidae was a monotypic family containing a single species: Donodon perscriptoris. In 2022, four more species were designated and placed within the family: Donodon minor, Stylodens amerrukensis, Anoualestes incidens, and Amazighodon orbis. All five species are endemic to the Ksar Metlili Formation of Morocco, which is dated to the Tithonian (last stage of the Jurassic) and Berriasian (first stage of the Cretaceous). Donodontid fossils are restricted to postcanine teeth and associated jaw fragments.

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