Australogale

Australogale; Temporal range: Serravallian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Sparassodonta
Family:	†Hathliacynidae
Genus:	†Australogale
Species:	†A. leptognathus
Binomial name
	†Australogale leptognathus; Engelman et al., 2018

Australogale is an extinct genus of hathliacynid sparassodont that lived in Bolivia during the Serravallian stage of the Miocene epoch.

Description

Australogale leptognathus was a very small sparassodont, weighing only about 840 g. It is distinguished by its lack of a posterobasal heel on the P₂, the P₂ being much larger than the P₃, the lack of an entocristid on the M₁, an entocristid positioned lingually to the trigonid on the M₂, and a conically shaped entoconid.

References

↑ "Australogale". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
↑ Engelman, Russell K.; Anaya, Federico; Croft, Darin Andrew (27 June 2018). "Australogale leptognathus, gen. et sp. nov., a Second Species of Small Sparassodont (Mammalia: Metatheria) from the Middle Miocene Locality of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 27 (1): 37–54. doi:10.1007/s10914-018-9443-z. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.

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[1] "Australogale". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.

[2] Engelman, Russell K.; Anaya, Federico; Croft, Darin Andrew (27 June 2018). "Australogale leptognathus, gen. et sp. nov., a Second Species of Small Sparassodont (Mammalia: Metatheria) from the Middle Miocene Locality of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 27 (1): 37–54. doi:10.1007/s10914-018-9443-z. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.