''Albertogaudrya'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

genus of astrapotherian

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that lived in present-day Salta, Argentina (, paleocoordinates ) during the Eocene ( Casamayoran SALMA) .''Albertogaudrya''
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.org Fossils of ''Albertogaudrya'' have been found in the Lumbrera and

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s. It is named after French palaeontologist

Albert Gaudry Jean Albert Gaudry (16 September 1827 – 27 November 1908) was a French geologist and palaeontologist. He was born at St Germain-en-Laye, and was educated at the Catholic Collège Stanislas de Paris. He was a notable proponent of theistic evolut ...

Species

''A. carahuasensis'' differs from ''A. unica'' in having smaller

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s, with m1 having longer talonid and wider trigonid, p3-m1 with shallower external sulci and lacking cingulae, and less curved hypolophid.. Retrieved 3 March 2013. ''A. carahuasensis'' is known from a fragmentary mandible.

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* * Meridiungulata Eocene mammals of South America Divisaderan Mustersan Casamayoran Bartonian life Paleogene Argentina Fossils of Argentina Salta Basin Fossil taxa described in 1901 Fossil taxa described in 1977 Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino Prehistoric placental genera Golfo San Jorge Basin Sarmiento Formation {{paleo-mammal-stub