''Henosferus'' is an extinct genus of

australosphenida The Australosphenida are a clade of mammals, containing mammals with tribosphenic molars, known from the Jurassic to Mid-Cretaceous of Gondwana. Although they have often been suggested to have acquired tribosphenic molars independently from those ...

mammal A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three ...

from Lower Jurassic of

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

. The only recorded species, ''Henosferus molus'', was found in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin in

Chubut Province Chubut ( from Tehuelche language, Tehuelche 'transparent'; ) is a provinces of Argentina, province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa ...

, Patagonia.

References

Henosferidae Bathonian genera Jurassic mammals of South America Middle Jurassic tetrapods of South America Jurassic Argentina Fossils of Argentina Cañadón Asfalto Formation Fossil taxa described in 2007 Prehistoric mammal genera {{Jurassic-mammal-stub