Biology:Albertogaudrya
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| Albertogaudrya unica | |
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| Genus: | †Albertogaudrya[1]
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Albertogaudrya is an extinct genus of astrapotherian mammal that lived in present-day Patagonia and Salta, Argentina ( [ ⚑ ] 25°48′S 65°24′W / 25.8°S 65.4°W, paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 28°12′S 55°54′W / 28.2°S 55.9°W) during the Eocene (Casamayoran SALMA) 48.6 to 37.2 million years ago.[4][5][6] Fossils of Albertogaudrya have been found in the Lumbrera and Sarmiento Formations.[4] It is named after French palaeontologist Albert Gaudry.
Species
A. carahuasensis differs from A. unica in having smaller premolars, with m1 having longer talonid and wider trigonid, p3-m1 with shallower external sulci and lacking cingulae, and less curved hypolophid.[3] A. carahuasensis is known from a fragmentary mandible.[6]
References
- ↑ Albertogaudrya in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ↑ Albertogaudrya unica in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Albertogaudrya carahuasensis in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Albertogaudrya at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ "Pampa Grande, Salta, Argentina (Eocene of Argentina)". Paleobiology Database. September 2004. http://paleodb.geology.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicCollectionSearch&collection_no=44957.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Carbajal et al. 1977
Bibliography
- "Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés des terrains Crétacés de Patagonie". Boletín de la Academia de Ciencias en Córdoba 16: 349–426. 1901. OCLC 123174974.
- Carbajal, E.; Pascual, R.; Pinedo, R.; Salfity, J. A.; Vucetich, M. G. (1977). "Un nuevo mamífero de la Formación Lumbrera (Grupo Salta) de la Comarca de Carahuasi (Salta, Argentina). Edad y correlaciones". Publicaciones del Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales de Mar del Plata Lorenzo Scaglia 2 (7): 148–63. http://www.bfa.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/bfa/bases/doc/resultados/?ExpBool=ID=000451&IsisScript=scripts%2Fdoc%2Fdoc_resumen.xis&nid=. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
Wikidata ☰ Q8193671 entry
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