Asfaltomylos

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]

Asfaltomylos
Temporal range:
Middle Toarcian
~[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: †Henosferidae
Genus: †Asfaltomylos
Rauhut et al. 2002
Species:
†A. patagonicus
Binomial name
†Asfaltomylos patagonicus
Rauhut et al. 2002

See also

References
  1. 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. S2CID 225120452. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. 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:MADOAP]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86312639. 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.


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