''Abdounodus'' ("Abdoun tooth") is an extinct genus of mammal known from the middle Paleocene of northern Africa. The sole species, ''A. hamdii'', is known from teeth discovered in the

Ouled Abdoun Basin The Oulad Abdoun Basin (also known as the Ouled Abdoun Basin or Khouribga Basin) is a phosphate sedimentary basin located in Morocco, near the city of Khouribga. It is the largest in Morocco, comprising 44% of Morocco's phosphate reserves, and a ...

of present-day Morocco in 2001. Traditionally considered a mioclaenid "condylarth", recent studies place it as a basal

afrothere Afrotheria ( from Latin ''Afro-'' "of Africa" + ''theria'' "wild beast") is a clade of mammals, the living members of which belong to groups that are either currently living in Africa or of African origin: golden moles, elephant shrews (also know ...

closely related to ''

Ocepeia ''Ocepeia'' is an extinct genus of afrotherian mammal that lived in present-day Morocco during the middle Paleocene epoch, approximately 60 million years ago. First named and described in 2001, the type species is ''O. daouiensis'' from the Sela ...

'', demonstrating the close

convergent evolution Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time. Convergent evolution creates analogous structures that have similar form or function but were not present in the last com ...

between

perissodactyl Odd-toed ungulates, mammals which constitute the taxonomic order Perissodactyla (, ), are animals—ungulates—who have reduced the weight-bearing toes to three (rhinoceroses and tapirs, with tapirs still using four toes on the front legs) o ...

s and herbivorous afrotheres and bridging

paenungulate Paenungulata (from Latin ''paene'' "almost" + ''ungulātus'' "having hoofs") is a clade of "sub-ungulates", which groups three extant mammal orders: Proboscidea (including elephants), Sirenia (sea cows, including dugongs and manatees), and Hyraco ...

s with other afrotheres.

References

Paleocene mammals of Africa Fossils of Morocco Fossil taxa described in 2001 Paleocene mammals Prehistoric placental genera {{Paleo-afrotheria-stub