Albertogaudrya

Albertogaudrya is an extinct genus of astrapotherian mammal that lived in present-day Patagonia and Salta, Argentina (25.8°S 65.4°W / -25.8; -65.4, paleocoordinates 28.2°S 55.9°W / -28.2; -55.9) during the Eocene (Casamayoran SALMA) 48.6 to 37.2 million years ago.^[3][4][5] Fossils of Albertogaudrya have been found in the Lumbrera and Sarmiento Formations.^[3] It is named after French palaeontologist Albert Gaudry.

Albertogaudrya Temporal range: Mid-Late Eocene (Casamayoran-Divisaderan) ~48.6–37.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Albertogaudrya unica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Astrapotheria
Family:	†Astrapotheriidae
Genus:	†Albertogaudrya Ameghino, 1901
Species
A. unica (type) Ameghino 1901[1] A. carahuasensis Carbajal et al. 1977[2]

Species

A. carahuasensis differs from A. unica in having smaller premolars, with m1 having longer talonid and wider trigonid, p3-m1 with shallower external sulci and lacking cingulae, and less curved hypolophid.^[2] A. carahuasensis is known from a fragmentary mandible.^[5]