Abelodon

{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|145|100|Early Cretaceous}}

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| taxon = Abelodon

| authority = Brunet et al., 1989

| type_species = {{extinct}}Abelodon abeli

| type_species_authority = Brunet et al., 1989

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{extinct}}Abelodon abeli Brunet et al., 1989

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Abelodon is an extinct genus of peramurid mammal in the clade Zatheria, which lived during the Early Cretaceous.{{Cite journal |last=BRUNET |first=M |last2=COPPENS |first2=Y. |last3=SUDRE |first3=J. |last4=DEJAX |first4=J. |last5=FLYNN |first5=L. |last6=HEINTZ |first6=E. |last7=HELL |first7=J. |last8=JACOBS |first8=L. |last9=JEHENNE |first9=Y. |last10=MOUCHELIN |first10=G. |last11=PILBEAM |first11=D. |date=1990 |title=Nouveaux mammifères du Crétacé inférieur du Cameroun, Afrique de l'Ouest |url=https://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&idt=19338832 |journal=Nouveaux mammifères du Crétacé inférieur du Cameroun, Afrique de l'Ouest |volume=310 |issue=8 |pages=1139–1146 |issn=0764-4450}} It is known from a single tooth found in Cameroon's Koum Formation.{{Cite web|title=Abelodon|url=http://www.paleofile.com/Mammalia/Abelodon.asp|website=Paleofile.com}}