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Ausktribosphenos

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Ausktribosphenos
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Australosphenida
Family: Ausktribosphenidae
Genus: Ausktribosphenos
Rich et al., 1997
Species:
A. nyktos
Binomial name
Ausktribosphenos nyktos
Rich et al, 1997

Ausktribosphenos is an extinct genus of mammals from Early Cretaceous of Australia. The only recorded species, Ausktribosphenos nyktos, was found on Flat Rocks, Victoria.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Rich, Thomas H.; Vickers-Rich, Patricia; Constantine, Andrew; Flannery, Timothy F.; Kool, Lesley; van Klaveren, Nicholas (1997-11-21). "A Tribosphenic Mammal from the Mesozoic of Australia". Science. 278 (5342): 1438–1442. doi:10.1126/science.278.5342.1438. ISSN 0036-8075.