Aletodon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = Middle Tiffanian - Clarkforkian

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| taxon = Aletodon

| authority = Gingerich, 1977

| type_species = †Aletodon gunnelli

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Aletodon is a genus of ground dwelling insectivores, now extinct. The genus flourished from around 58.7 to 55.8 Ma.{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42244 |title=†Aletodon Gingerich 1977 (elephant shrew) |website=Fossilworks |access-date=June 11, 2014 }} It was native to Colorado, Wyoming, and western North Dakota.{{cite journal |last=Gingerich |first=Philip D. |date=December 31, 1983 |title=NEW ADAPISORICIDAE, PENTACODONTIDAE, AND HYOPSODONTIDAE (MAMMALIA, INSECTIVORA AND CONDYLARTHRA) FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING AND COLORADO |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/30849278 |journal=Museum of Paleontology |publisher=University of Michigan |volume=26 |issue=11 |pages=227–255 |access-date=11 June 2014}}