Asfaltomylos
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| Asfaltomylos Temporal range: Middle - Late Jurassic |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Australosphenida |
| Order: | Incertae sedis |
| Family: | Henosferidae |
| Genus: | Asfaltomylos |
| Species: | A. patagonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Asfaltomys patagonicus Rauhut, Martin, Ortiz-Jaureguizar & Puerta, 2002 |
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Asfaltomylos is an extinct genus of Australosphenida from the middle Jurassic of Argentina. Only one species is recorded, Asfaltomylos patagonicus, from the Cañadon Asfalto Formation, Chubut Province, Patagonia.
[edit] References
- Martin, T. & Rauhut, O. W. M. 2005. Mandible and dentition of Asfaltomylos patagonicus (Australosphenida, Mammalia) and the evolution of tribosphenic teeth. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (2): 414-425.
- Rauhut, O. W. M., Martin, T., Ortiz-Jaureguizar, E. & Puerta, P. 2002. A Jurassic mammal from South America. Nature 416: 165-168.
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