Albertogaudrya
Albertogaudrya is an extinct genus of astrapotherian mammal that lived in present-day Salta, Argentina (25.8°S 65.4°W, paleocoordinates 28.2°S 55.9°W) during the Eocene (Casamayoran SALMA) 48.6 to 37.2 million years ago.[4][5][6] Fossils of Albertogaudrya have been found in the Lumbrera and Sarmiento Formations.[4] It is named after French palaeontologist Albert Gaudry.
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Species
A. carahuasensis differs from A. unica in having smaller premolars, with m1 having longer talonid and wider trigonid, p3-m1 with shallower external sulcu and lacking cingulae, and less curved hypolyphid.[3] A. carahuasensis is known from a fragmentary mandible.[6]
References
- Albertogaudrya in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- Albertogaudrya unica in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- Albertogaudrya carahuasensis in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- Albertogaudrya at Fossilworks.org
- "Pampa Grande, Salta, Argentina (Eocene of Argentina)". Paleobiology Database. September 2004. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- Carbajal et al. 1977
Bibliography
- Ameghino, Florentino (1901). "Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés des terrains Crétacés de Patagonie". Boletín de la Academia de Ciencias en Córdoba. 16: 349–426. OCLC 123174974.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Carbajal, E.; Pascual, R.; Pinedo, R.; Salfity, J. A.; Vucetich, M. G. (1977). "Un nuevo mamífero de la Formación Lumbrera (Grupo Salta) de la Comarca de Carahuasi (Salta, Argentina). Edad y correlaciones". Publicaciones del Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales de Mar del Plata Lorenzo Scaglia. 2 (7): 148–63. Retrieved 3 March 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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