Albertogaudrya

Albertogaudrya; Temporal range: Mid-Late Eocene (Casamayoran-Divisaderan); ~
	Albertogaudrya unica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Astrapotheria
Family:	†Astrapotheriidae
Genus:	†Albertogaudrya
Species
	A. unica (type)Ameghino 1901; A. carahuasensis Carbajal et al. 1977;

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. Fossils of Albertogaudrya have been found in the Lumbrera and Sarmiento Formations. It is named after French palaeontologist Albert Gaudry.

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