Ausktribosphenos
Ausktribosphenos Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Subclass: | Australosphenida
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Order: | Ausktribosphenida
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Genus: | Ausktribosphenos
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Species: | A. nyktos
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Ausktribosphenos nyktos Rich et al, 1997
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Ausktribosphenos is an extinct genus of mammals from Early Cretaceous of Australia. The only recorded species, Ausktribosphenos nyktos, was found on Flat Rocks, Victoria.
References[]
- Rich, Thomas H.; Vickers-Rich, Patricia; Constantine, Andrew; Flannery, Timothy F.; Kool, Lesley; van Klaveren, Nicholas (1997). "A Tribosphenic Mammal from the Mesozoic of Australia". Science. 278 (5342): 1438–1442. doi:10.1126/science.278.5342.1438. JSTOR 2894756.
Categories:
- Cretaceous mammals of Australia
- Australosphenida
- Fossil taxa described in 1997
- Prehistoric mammal genera
- Cretaceous mammal stubs