Mondegodon

Mondegodon is an extinct genus of basal mesonychians which existed in Portugal, during the earliest Eocene. It is known from the holotype – UNLSNC-19, and other parts of dentary, recovered from the Silveirinha Formation, Portugal. It was first named by Rodolphe Tabuce, Julien Clavel and Miguel Telles Antunes in 2011 and the type species is Mondegodon eutrigonus. The name of a [biological genus|generic name] is derived from "Baixo Mondego", the region where Silveirinha is located; and odon, for "tooth" by analogy with triisodontid generic names. The specific name is derived from the prefix eu, "well", and trigonus, "three-cornered" in reference to the remarkable tricuspidate pattern of the upper molars.