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Asfaltomylos
Temporal range: Middle - Late Jurassic
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Asfaltomylos
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A. patagonicus
Binomial name
Asfaltomys patagonicus
Rauhut, Martin, Ortiz-Jaureguizar & Puerta, 2002

Asfaltomylos is an extinct genus of Australosphenida from the middle Jurassic of Argentina. Only one species is recorded, Asfaltomylos patagonicus, from Cañadón 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.