Henosferidae
Sign in to saveHenosferidae (also spelled "Henospheridae") is an extinct family of Australosphenida, native to Gondwana during the Early-Middle Jurassic. It is defined as a clade including the most recent common ancestor of Henosferus and Asfaltomylos and all its descendants.
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Henosferidae (also spelled "Henospheridae") is an extinct family of Australosphenida, native to Gondwana during the Early-Middle Jurassic. It is defined as a clade including the most recent common ancestor of Henosferus and Asfaltomylos and all its descendants.
==References== Averianov, A. O. & Lopatin, A. V., '"Phylogeny of truconodonts and symmetrodonts and the origin of extinct mammals"', Dokl Biol Sci 436:32-35. 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 3566: 1-54.
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