Condorodon
| Condorodon Temporal range: Toarcian
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Condorodon is a genus of extinct mammals from the Middle Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin in Patagonia, Argentina, South America. The type species is C. spanios, described by Gaetano and Rougier in 2012.
Classification
One of the only two known South American eutriconodonts, Condorodon differs from the somewhat older Argentoconodon, a relative of Volaticotherium, in the morphology of the molariform teeth. It is closely related to the Late Jurassic amphilesthere Tendagurodon from the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania, Africa.[1]
References
- ^ L. C. Gaetano and G. W. Rougier. 2012. First amphilestid from South America: a molariform from the Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Mammalian Evolution
