Austrotriconodon
Sign in to saveAustrotriconodon is a mammal genus from the Campanian and Maastrichtian of South America. It currently contains only the type species, A. mckennai. Originally assumed to be a eutriconodont, more recent studies have recovered it as a meridiolestidan dryolestoid.
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Austrotriconodon is a mammal genus from the Campanian and Maastrichtian of South America. It currently contains only the type species, A. mckennai. Originally assumed to be a eutriconodont, more recent studies have recovered it as a meridiolestidan dryolestoid.
== Description == Austrotriconodon is known only from its teeth. Their similarity to the triconodont teeth of mammals such as eutriconodonts has caused taxonomic confusion and referral of this taxon to eutriconodonta; however, discovery of similar teeth in animals such as Cronopio has led to its reinterpretation as a meridolestidan.
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