Biology:Asfaltomylos
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Short description: Extinct family of mammals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Henosferidae |
| Genus: | †Asfaltomylos Rauhut et al. 2002 |
| Species: | †A. patagonicus
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| †Asfaltomylos patagonicus Rauhut et al. 2002
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Asfaltomylos is an extinct genus of the primitive mammal subclass Australosphenida from the 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.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Fantasia, A.; Föllmi, K. B.; Adatte, T.; Spangenberg, J. E.; Schoene, B.; Barker, R. T.; Scasso, R. A. (2021). "Late Toarcian continental palaeoenvironmental conditions: An example from the Canadon Asfalto Formation in southern Argentina". Gondwana Research 89 (1): 47–65. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.001. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X20302562. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ Martin, T.; Rauhut, O. W. (2005). "Mandible and dentition of Asfaltomylos patagonicus (Australosphenida, Mammalia) and the evolution of tribosphenic teeth". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (2): 414–425. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0414:MADOAP2.0.CO;2]. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235907341. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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.
Wikidata ☰ Q148850 entry
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