Argentoconodon
Sign in to saveArgentoconodon (meaning "Argentina cone tooth") is an extinct genus of theriimorph mammal from the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin in Patagonia. When originally described, it was known only from a single molariform tooth, which possessed a combination of primitive and derived features. The tooth is currently held in the Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, where it was given the specimen number MPEF-PV 1877. New material described in 2011 show that Argentoconodon was similar to Ichthyoconodon, Jugulator and Volaticotherium within the family Triconodontidae, and possibly
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- Argentoconodon
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- start time
- 195000000-
- end time
- 181000000-
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- Volaticotheriidae
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L'argentoconodonte (Argentoconodon fariasorum) è un mammifero estinto appartenente ai triconodonti. Visse nel Giurassico inferiore (circa 195 - 181 milioni di anni fa) e i suoi resti fossili sono stati ritrovati in Argentina.
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