Steropodon
Extinct genus of monotremes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Steropodon is a genus of prehistoric platypus-like monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. It contains a single species, Steropodon galmani, that lived about 105 to 93.3 million years ago (mya) during the Cretaceous period, from early to middle Cenomanian.[1] It is one of the oldest monotremes discovered, and is one of the oldest Australian mammal discoveries.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Monotremata |
Family: | †Steropodontidae |
Genus: | †Steropodon Archer, Flannery, Ritchie, & Molnar, 1985 |
Species: | †S. galmani |
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†Steropodon galmani | |
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