Named By: | E. Gheerbrant in 1988 |
Time Period: | Unavailable |
Location: | Belgium - Hainin Formation, Germany, France - Cernay Formation, Morocco - Ait Ouarhitane Formation & Jbel Guersif Formation, Spain - Tremp Formation |
Size: | Detail unavailable |
Diet: | Insectivore |
Fossil(s): | Many individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Eutheria | Euarchonta | Adapisoriculidae | |
Also known as: | | Adapisoriculus germanicus | |
Afrodon is an extinct genus of eutherians in the family Adapisoriculidae. Its type species is Afrodon chleuhi, known from the late Palaeocene of Morocco. The other known species are Afrodon germanicus from the late Palaeocene of Germany and France, Afrodon tagourtensis from the early Eocene of Morocco, Afrodon ivani from the late Palaeocene of Spain, and Afrodon gheerbranti from the early Paleocene of Belgium.