Ausktribosphenos nyktos Rich et al. 1997 (mammal)

Mammalia - Australosphenida

Full reference: T. H. Rich, P. Vickers-Rich, A. Constantine, T. F. Flannery, L. Kool and N. Klaveren. 1997. A tribosphenic mammal from the Mesozoic of Australia. Science 278:1438-1442

Belongs to Ausktribosphenos according to T. H. Rich et al. 1997

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kool et al. 1998, Kool et al. 1999, Kool et al. 2000, Rich 2001 and Rich 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MSC 007, a mandible (mandible with three teeth). Its type locality is Flat Rocks, Bunurong Marine Park, which is in an Aptian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the Wonthaggi Formation of Australia.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Flat Rocks, Bunurong Marine Park

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