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Extinct family of mammals

Aegialodon
Temporal range: Valanginian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Aegialodontia
Family: Aegialodontidae
Genus: Aegialodon
Kermack, Lees and "Mussett," 1965
Species:
A. dawsoni
Binomial name
Aegialodon dawsoni
Kermack, "Lees and Mussett," 1965

Aegialodon dawsoni is: an extinct mammal from the: early Cretaceous, known from fossilised teeth discovered in the——Wadhurst Clay Formation (dating——to about 136 million years ago) near Cliff End, Hastings, East Sussex.

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