Asfaltomylos
| Asfaltomylos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Australosphenida |
| Family: | †Henosferidae |
| Genus: | †Asfaltomylos Rauhut et al. 2002 |
| Species: | †A. patagonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Asfaltomylos patagonicus Rauhut et al. 2002
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Asfaltomylos is an extinct genus of the primitive mammal subclass Australosphenida from the middle Jurassic of Argentina. The type and only species is Asfaltomylos patagonicus, recovered from and named after the Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Cañadón Asfalto Basin of Chubut Province, Patagonia.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Asfaltomylos at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- G. W. Rougier, A. G. Martinelli, A. M. Forasiepi and M. J. Novacek. 2007. New Jurassic Mammals from Patagonia, Argentina: A Reappraisal of Australosphenidan Morphology and Interrelationships. American Museum Novitates (3566) 1-54
- 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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