Abdounodus hamdii Gheerbrant et al. 2001 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: E. Gheerbrant, J. Sudre, M. Iarochene and A. Moumni. 2001. First ascertained African "condylarth" mammals (primitive ungulates: cf. Bulbulodentata and cf. Phenacodonta) from the earliest Ypresian of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1):107-118

Belongs to Abdounodus according to E. Gheerbrant et al. 2016

See also Gheerbrant et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN PM21, a mandible (left dentary). Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun Basin (lowermost bed 1), which is in a Selandian marine phosphorite in Morocco.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Ouled Abdoun Basin (lowermost bed 1)

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