Ausktribosphenos Rich et al. 1997 (mammal)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Ausktribosphenidae

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

Parent taxon: Ausktribosphenidae according to T. F. Flannery et al. 2022

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Martin and Rauhut 2005, Poropat et al. 2023, Rauhut et al. 2002, Rich 2002 and Rich et al. 1997

Sister taxon: Kryoparvus

Subtaxa: Ausktribosphenos nyktos

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Type: Ausktribosphenos nyktos

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Flat Rocks, Bunurong Marine Park (Cretaceous of Australia)

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