Asfaltomylos
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Asfaltomylos is an extinct genus of Australosphenida
from the middle Jurassic
of Argentina
. Only one species is recorded, Asfaltomylos patagonicus, from the Cañadon Asfalto Formation
, Chubut Province
, Patagonia
.
Australosphenida
The Australosphenida are a clade of mammals. Today, living specimens exist only in Australia and New Guinea with only five surviving species, but fossils have been found in Madagascar and Argentina...
from the middle Jurassic
Jurassic
The Jurassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about Mya to Mya, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic era, also known as the age of reptiles. The start of the period is marked by...
of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. Only one species is recorded, Asfaltomylos patagonicus, from the Cañadon Asfalto Formation
Cañadon Asfalto Formation
-Paleofauna:-References:* Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka : The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2....
, Chubut Province
Chubut Province
Chubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd parallel south and the 46th parallel south , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean...
, Patagonia
Patagonia
Patagonia is a region located in Argentina and Chile, integrating the southernmost section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the cordillera to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean...
.