Teinolophos

Teinolophos; Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Monotremata
Family:	Steropodontidae
Genus:	Teinolophos
Binomial name
	Teinolophos trusleri; Rich et al., 1999

Teinolophos trusleri was a prehistoric species of monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. It is known from a lower jawbone found in Flat Rocks, Victoria, Australia. It lived during the Lower Cretaceous, about 123 million years ago (mya).^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Rich T.H.et al 1999. Early Cretaceous mammals from Flat Rocks, Victoria, Australia. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston.
↑ Rich T.H. et al 2001. Monotreme nature of the Australian early Cretaceous mammal Teinolophos. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46(1), 113–118.

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[1] Rich T.H.et al 1999. Early Cretaceous mammals from Flat Rocks, Victoria, Australia. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston.

[2] Rich T.H. et al 2001. Monotreme nature of the Australian early Cretaceous mammal Teinolophos. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46(1), 113–118.

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