Ausktribosphenos
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| Ausktribosphenos Temporal range: Early Cretaceous |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Australosphenida |
| Order: | Ausktribosphenida |
| Family: | Ausktribosphenidae |
| Genus: | Ausktribosphenos |
| Species: | A. nyktos |
| Binomial name | |
| Ausktribosphenos nyktos Rich et al, 1997 |
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Ausktribosphenos is an extinct genus of Australosphenida from Early Cretaceous of Australia. The only recorded species, Ausktribosphenos nyktos, was found on Flat Rocks, Victoria.
[edit] References
- Rich, T.H., Vickers-Rich, P., Constantine, A., Flannery, T.F., Kool, L. & van Klaveren, N. 1997. A Tribosphenic Mammal from the Mesozoic of Australia. Science 278: 1438-1442.
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