Henosferus

Henosferus
Temporal range:
Middle Toarcian
~179.17–178.07 Ma
[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Australosphenida
Family: Henosferidae
Genus: Henosferus
Rougier et al. 2007
Species:
H. molus
Binomial name
Henosferus molus
Rougier et al. 2007

Henosferus is an extinct genus of australosphenidan mammal from Lower Jurassic of Argentina. The only recorded species, Henosferus molus, was found in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin in Chubut Province, Patagonia.[2]

  1. ^ Fantasia, A.; Föllmi, K. B.; Adatte, T.; Spangenberg, J. E.; Schoene, B.; Barker, R. T.; Scasso, R. A. (2021). "Late Toarcian continental palaeoenvironmental conditions: An example from the Canadon Asfalto Formation in southern Argentina". Gondwana Research. 89 (1): 47–65. Bibcode:2021GondR..89...47F. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.001. S2CID 225120452. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ Rougier, G. W.; Martinelli, A. G.; Forasiepi, A. M.; Novacek, M. J. (2007). "New Jurassic mammals from Patagonia, Argentina: a reappraisal of australosphenidan morphology and interrelationships". American Museum Novitates (3): 1–54. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.693.6352. Retrieved 1 August 2022.