Argentoconodon Rougier et al. 2007 (mammal)

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Alternative spelling: Argentinoconodon

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

Parent taxon: Volaticotherini according to L. C. Gaetano and G. W. Rougier 2011

See also Averianov and Lopatin 2011 and Rougier et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Ichthyoconodon, Triconolestes, Volaticotherium

Subtaxa: Argentoconodon fariasorum

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Type: Argentoconodon fariasorum

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Queso Rallado, near Cerro Cóndor (Jurassic of Argentina)

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