Afrodon

Afrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
(unranked): Euarchonta
Family: Adapisoriculidae
Genus: Afrodon
Gheerbrant, 1988
Species
  • A. chleuhi Gheerbrant, 1988 (type)
  • A. germanicus (Russell, 1964)
  • A. tagourtensis Gheerbrant, 1993
  • A. ivani Lopez-Martinez and Pelaez-Campomanes, 1999
  • A. gheerbranti De Bast, Sigé and Smith, in press

Afrodon is an extinct genus of eutherians in the family Adapisoriculidae. Its type species is Afrodon chleuhi, known from the late Palaeocene of Morocco. The other known species are Afrodon germanicus from the late Palaeocene of Germany and France, Afrodon tagourtensis from the early Eocene of Morocco, Afrodon ivani from the late Palaeocene of Spain, and Afrodon gheerbranti from the early Paleocene of Belgium.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Eric De Bast, Bernard Sigé and Thierry Smith (2012). "Diversity of the adapisoriculid mammals from the early Palaeocene of Hainin, Belgium". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0115.