''Condorodon'' is a genus of extinct

mammal A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three ...

s from the Lower Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin in

Patagonia Patagonia () is a geographical region that includes parts of Argentina and Chile at the southern end of South America. The region includes the southern section of the Andes mountain chain with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers ...

, Argentina. The

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

is ''C. spanios'', described by Gaetano and Rougier in 2012.

Classification

One of the only two known South American

eutriconodont Eutriconodonta is an order (biology), order of early mammals. Eutriconodonts existed in Asia (including Insular India, pre-contact India), Africa, Europe, North America, North and South America during the Jurassic and the Cretaceous periods. The ...

s, ''Condorodon'' differs from the somewhat older ''

Argentoconodon ''Argentoconodon'' (meaning "Argentina cone tooth") is an extinct genus of theriimorph mammal from the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin in Patagonia. When originally described, it was known only from a single molarifo ...

'', a relative of ''

Volaticotherium ''Volaticotherium antiquum'' (meaning "ancient gliding beast") is an extinct, gliding, insectivorous mammal that lived in Asia during the Jurassic period, around 164 mya. It is the only member of the genus ''Volaticotherium''. The discovery of ...

'', in the morphology of the molariform teeth. It is closely related to the Late Jurassic amphilesthere '' Tendagurodon'' from the

Tendaguru Formation The Tendaguru Formation, or Tendaguru Beds are a highly List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania, fossiliferous Lithostratigraphy, formation and Lagerstätte located in the Lindi Region of southeastern Tanzania. The formation represe ...

of Tanzania, Africa.

References

Toarcian life Jurassic mammals of South America Middle Jurassic tetrapods of South America Jurassic Argentina Fossils of Argentina Cañadón Asfalto Formation Fossil taxa described in 2012 Taxa named by Leandro Gaetano Taxa named by Guillermo W. Rougier Prehistoric mammal genera {{jurassic-mammal-stub