Albertogaudrya

Albertogaudrya
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Meridiungulata
Order: Astrapotheria
Family: Astrapotheriidae
Genus: Albertogaudrya[1]
Species

A. unica (type)
Ameghino 1901[2]
A. carahuasensis
Carbajal et al. 1977[3]

Albertogaudrya is an extinct genus of astrapotherian mammal that lived in present-day Salta, Argentina (25°48′S 65°24′W / 25.8°S 65.4°W / -25.8; -65.4, paleocoordinates 28°12′S 55°54′W / 28.2°S 55.9°W / -28.2; -55.9) during the Eocene (Casamayoran SALMA) 55.8 to 33.9 million years ago.[4][5] 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 sulcu and lacking cingulae, and less curved hypolyphid.[3] A. carahuasensis is known from a fragmentary mandible.[5]

Notes

  1. Albertogaudrya in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved March 2013.
  2. Albertogaudrya unica in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved March 2013.
  3. 1 2 Albertogaudrya carahuasensis in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved March 2013.
  4. "Pampa Grande, Salta, Argentina (Eocene of Argentina)". Paleobiology Database. September 2004. Retrieved March 2013.
  5. 1 2 Carbajal et al. 1977

References

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