Steropodon
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Steropodon Fossil range: Early Cretaceous |
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Steropodon galmani Archer, Flannery, Ritchie, & Molnar, 1985 |
Steropodon galmanii was a prehistoric species of monotreme, or a egg-laying mammal, that lived during the middle stage, in the Lower Cretaceous period. It is the earliest kwon relative of the Platypus.
[change] References
- Archer, M., Flannery, T.F., Ritchie, A., Molnar, R.E. (1985). "First Mesozoic mammal from Australia — an early Cretaceous monotreme". Nature 318: 363-366.