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{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}
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| name              = ''Psalodon''
| fossil_range      = [[Late Jurassic]]
| taxon             = Psalodon
| authority         = [[George Gaylord Simpson|Simpson]], 1926
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision       =
* ''P. fortis'' <small>(Marsh, 1887)</small>
* ''P. marshi'' <small>Simpson, 1929</small>
* ''P. potens'' <small>(Marsh, 1887)</small>
}}
'''''Psalodon''''' is an [[extinct]] genus of [[North America]]n [[mammal]] that lived during the Upper [[Jurassic]] period. It's a member of the family [[Allodontidae]] within the order [[Multituberculata]].
==Biostratigraphy==
Present in stratigraphic zones 2 and 5.<ref name="foster-appendix">Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World''. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.</ref>
==Species==
''Psalodon fortis'' was named by [[Othniel Charles Marsh]] in 1887 and [[George Gaylord Simpson|G. G. Simpson]] in 1927. It is also known as ''Allodon fortis'' (Marsh 1887). Remains have been found in the Upper Jurassic [[Morrison Formation]] of [[Wyoming]] (United States). The holotype is at the [[Peabody Museum of Natural History]] at [[Yale University]].
''Psalodon marshi'' was named by Simpson G.G. in 1929. All of the remains came from the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
''Psalodon potens'' was named by Marsh O.C. in 1887 and Simpson G.G. in 1927. It is also known as ''Ctenacodon potens'' (Marsh 1887). The remains assigned to this species were also found in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming and the holotype is also at Yale.
==References==
* Simpson (1927), Mesozoic Mammalia. VII. "Taxonomy of Morrison multituberculates". ''Am. J. Sci.'' '''(5) xiv''': 36–38.
*Marsh (1887), "American Jurassic mammals". ''Am. J. Sci.'' '''(3) xxxiii''': p.&nbsp;326-348.
* Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". ''Paleontology'' '''44''', p.&nbsp;389-429.
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[[Category:Multituberculates]]
[[Category:Morrison mammals]]
[[Category:Prehistoric mammal genera]]
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