Argentoconodon fariasorum Rougier et al. 2007 (mammal)

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Full reference: G. W. Rougier, A. Garrido, L. Gaetano, P. F. Puerta, C. Corbitt and M. J. Novacek. 2007. First Jurassic triconodont from South America. American Museum Novitates 3580:1-17

Belongs to Argentoconodon according to L. C. Gaetano and G. W. Rougier 2011

See also Rougier et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPEF PV 1877, a tooth. Its type locality is Queso Rallado, near Cerro Cóndor, which is in a Toarcian/Toarcian lacustrine mudstone in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Queso Rallado, near Cerro Cóndor

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