Steropodon

Steropodon Fossil range: Lower Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Monotremata Family: Steropodontidae Genus: Steropodon Species: S. galmani
Binomial name
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 known relative of the Platypus.

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.

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