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Ichthyoconodon
| Ichthyoconodon Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Holotype lower right molar seen from four different angles | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Eutriconodonta |
| Clade: | †Volaticotherini |
| Genus: | †Ichthyoconodon Sigogneau-Russell, 1995 |
| Species: | †I. jaworowskorum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ichthyoconodon jaworowskorum Sigogneau-Russell, 1995
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Ichthyoconodon is an extinct genus of eutriconodont mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Morocco. It is notable for having been found in a unique marine location, and the shape of its teeth suggests an unusual, potentially fish-eating ecological niche. Analysis suggests it is part of a group of gliding mammals that includes Volaticotherium.[1]
- ^ Gaetano, Leandro C.; Rougier, Guillermo W. (2011). "New materials of Argentoconodon fariasorum (Mammaliaformes, Triconodontidae) from the Jurassic of Argentina and its bearing on triconodont phylogeny". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (4): 829–843. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..829G. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.589877. hdl:11336/68497. S2CID 85069761.
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