''Meiconodon'' is an extinct genus of alticonodontine triconodontid which existed in

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during the early Cretaceous period (

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/ Albian age). It was described by Nao Kusuhashi, Yaoming Hu, Yuanqing Wang, Satoshi Hirasawa and Hiroshige Matsuoka in

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and the type species is ''Meiconodon lii''.

References

Cretaceous mammals Eutriconodonts Fossil taxa described in 2009 Extinct mammals of Asia Taxa named by Nao Kusuhashi Taxa named by Yaoming Hu Taxa named by Yuanqing Wang Taxa named by Satoshi Hirasawa Taxa named by Hiroshige Matsuoka Prehistoric mammal genera {{cretaceous-mammal-stub