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Batodon

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Batodon
Temporal range: Campanian–Maastrichtian Possible Danian Record(?)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cimolesta
Family: Cimolestidae
Genus: Batodon
Marsh, 1892
Species:
B. tenuis
Binomial name
Batodon tenuis
Marsh, 1892

Batodon is an extinct genus of cimolestid mammal that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago.[1]

Diet

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Batodon was an insectivorous mammal which means it ate small bugs, instead of small reptiles.

Extinction

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Batodon lived in the Maastrichtian, and may have survived the K-Pg extinction.

References

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  1. ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2026-03-03.