Asfaltomylos

{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}

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| fossil_range =
Middle Toarcian
~{{fossilrange|179.17|178.07}}{{cite journal |last1=Fantasia |first1=A. |last2=Föllmi |first2=K. B. |last3=Adatte |first3=T. |last4=Spangenberg |first4=J. E. |last5=Schoene |first5=B. |last6=Barker |first6=R. T. |last7=Scasso |first7=R. A. |title=Late Toarcian continental palaeoenvironmental conditions: An example from the Canadon Asfalto Formation in southern Argentina |journal=Gondwana Research |date=2021 |volume=89 |issue=1 |pages=47–65 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.001 |bibcode=2021GondR..89...47F |s2cid=225120452 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X20302562 |access-date=27 August 2021}}

| genus = Asfaltomylos

| parent_authority = Rauhut et al. 2002

| species = patagonicus

| authority = Rauhut et al. 2002

}}

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.{{cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=T. |last2=Rauhut |first2=O. W. |title=Mandible and dentition of Asfaltomylos patagonicus (Australosphenida, Mammalia) and the evolution of tribosphenic teeth |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |date=2005 |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=414–425 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0414:MADOAP]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=86312639 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235907341 |access-date=1 August 2022}}

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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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Category:Henosferidae

Category:Jurassic mammals of South America

Category:Jurassic Argentina

Category:Fossils of Argentina

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2002

Category:Monotypic prehistoric mammal genera

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