Hahnodon
Hahnodon is an extinct mammal of the Lower Cretaceous. It was a relatively early member of the also extinct order of
Multituberculata. It lived in Morocco during 'the age of the dinosaurs'.
Genus: Hahnodon Sigogneau-Russell D, 1991
Species: Hahnodon taqueti Sigogneau-Russell D, 1991
Page reference: Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals. Paleontology 44, p.389-429.
(This information has been derived from [1] (http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/plagiau.htm) MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Basal Multituberculata, an internet directory. As that's my webpage, there are no issues of copyright. Trevor Dykes)
Hahnodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Therapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Family: Hahnodontidae
Genus: Hahnodon Species
H. taqueti
Ref.
(For the techincally minded, suborder "Plagiaulacida", family Hahnodontidae. It's the only known genus within the family.)
'Hahn's tooth'
Family: Hahnodontidae Sigogneau-Russell D, 1991
Country: Morocco
Age: ?Berriasian, Lower Cretaceous
Remarks: Known from a single lower molar.
Reference: Sigogneau-Russell (1991), First evidence of Multituberculata (Mammalia) in the Mesozoic of Africa. Neues Jahrb Geol Paläontol, Monatshefte, p.119-125.