Condorodon Explained

Condorodon is a genus of extinct mammals from the Lower Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin in Patagonia, Argentina. The type species is C. spanios, described by Gaetano and Rougier in 2012.

Classification

One of the only two known South American eutriconodonts, Condorodon differs from the somewhat older Argentoconodon, a relative of Volaticotherium, in the morphology of the molariform teeth. It is closely related to the Late Jurassic amphilesthere Tendagurodon from the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania, Africa.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Gaetano . L. C.. Rougier . G. W. . First amphilestid from South America: a molariform from the Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Patagonia, Argentina . Journal of Mammalian Evolution . 2012 . 19 . 4 . 235–248 . 10.1007/s10914-012-9194-1 . 254698557 . 1 August 2022. 11336/68489 . free .