Asfaltomylos
| Asfaltomylos patagonicus Temporal range: Middle - Late Jurassic | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Henosferidae |
| Genus: | †Asfaltomylos Rauhut, Martin, Ortiz-Jaureguizar & Puerta, 2002 |
| Species: | †A. patagonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Asfaltomylos patagonicus Rauhut, Martin, Ortiz-Jaureguizar & Puerta, 2002 | |
Asfaltomylos is an extinct genus of the primitive mammal subclass Australosphenida from the middle Jurassic of Argentina. Only one species is recorded, Asfaltomylos patagonicus, from the Cañadon Asfalto Formation, Chubut Province, Patagonia.
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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