Genus Tassiliodus n. gen.

TYPE SPECIES. — Tassiliodus lessardi n.sp. (MNHN.F.ALD - 15, Fig. 4A).

ETYMOLOGY. — From Tassili, origin of the material, and -odus, tooth.

DIAGNOSIS. — Crown with three diverging main cusps, the middle one being shorter than the two diverging lateral ones, intermediate cusplets in a more labial position than the main ones, rugose base oriented lingually. Scales with a flat base, a high neck and ridges on the crown, histological structure with an extensive network of wide vascular canals through the neck and base, box-in-box pattern, pallial dentine and mesodentine.