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Asfaltomylos

Asfaltomylos Temporal range: Middle Toarcian ~179.17–178.07 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Australosphenida
Family:	†Henosferidae
Genus:	†Asfaltomylos Rauhut et al. 2002
Species:	†A. patagonicus
Binomial name
†Asfaltomylos patagonicus Rauhut et al. 2002

Asfaltomylos is an extinct genus of the primitive mammal subclass Australosphenida from the JurassicofArgentina. The type and only species is Asfaltomylos patagonicus, recovered from and named after the Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Cañadón Asfalto BasinofChubut Province, Patagonia.^[2]

• Argentoconodon
• Condorodon
• Henosferus

• 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.

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