Batodon
Batodon is an extinct genus of cimolestid mammal that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago.
| Batodon Temporal range:
Possible Danian Record(?)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Cimolesta |
| Family: | †Cimolestidae |
| Genus: | †Batodon Marsh, 1892 |
| Species: | †B. tenuis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Batodon tenuis Marsh, 1892
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Batodon is an extinct genus of cimolestid mammal that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago.[1]
Diet
[edit]Batodon was an insectivorous mammal which means it ate small bugs, instead of small reptiles.
Extinction
[edit]Batodon lived in the Maastrichtian, and may have survived the K-Pg extinction.
References
[edit]- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2026-03-03.