Taeniodonta ("banded teeth") is an extinct order of eutherian mammals, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) to the middle Eocene.

[3][4][5] Taeniodonts evolved quickly into highly specialized digging animals, and varied greatly in size, from rat-sized to species as large as a bear.

Later species developed prominent front teeth and huge claws for digging and rooting.

According to 2022 studies of Bertrand, O. C. and Sarah L. Shelley, taeniodonts are identified to be a basal placental mammal.

From Thomas E. Williamson and Stephen L. Brusatte (2013):[10] Atlantogenata Boreoeutheria †Palaeoryctida †Ambilestes †Procerberidae †Alveugena †Schowalteria clemensi †Conoryctes comma †Huerfanodon polecatensis †Huerfanodon heilprinianus †Huerfanodon torrejonius †Huerfanodon sp.