Steropodontidae
Appearance
Steropodontidae Temporal range: Early to Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Monotremata |
Family: | †Steropodontidae Archer, Flannery, Ritchie, & Jones, 1995 |
Genera | |
Steropodontidae was a family of monotremes that are known from fossils from the Cretaceous of Australia.
There are two genera placed in this family: Steropodon and Parvopalus.
Taxonomy
[edit]The steropodontids were initially placed in the family Ornithorhynchidae but have soon been placed in this family.
References
[edit]- Rich et al. 2001. Monotreme nature of the Early Cretaceous mammal Teinolophos. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 46:113-118
External links
[edit]- Media related to Steropodontidae at Wikimedia Commons