Albertogaudrya Explained

Albertogaudrya is an extinct genus of astrapotherian mammal that lived in present-day Patagonia and Salta, Argentina (paleocoordinates) during the Eocene (Casamayoran SALMA) .[1] [2] Fossils of Albertogaudrya have been found in the Lumbrera and Sarmiento Formations.[1] It is named after French palaeontologist Albert Gaudry.

Species

A. carahuasensis differs from A. unica in having smaller premolars, with m1 having longer talonid and wider trigonid, p3-m1 with shallower external sulci and lacking cingulae, and less curved hypolophid.[3] A. carahuasensis is known from a fragmentary mandible.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=58787 Albertogaudrya
  2. Web site: Pampa Grande, Salta, Argentina (Eocene of Argentina) . Paleobiology Database . https://archive.today/20130403112904/http://paleodb.geology.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicCollectionSearch&collection_no=44957 . dead . 2013-04-03 . September 2004 . 3 March 2013 .
  3. . Retrieved 3 March 2013.