Steropodontidae
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| Steropodontidae | |
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| Steropodon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Monotremata |
| Suborder: | Platypoda |
| Family: | †Steropodontidae Archer, Flannery, Ritchie, & Jones, 1995 |
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The Steropodontidae was a family of monotremes that are known from fossils from the Early Cretaceous in Australia.
There are two genera placed in this family; Steropodon, and Teinolophos which has been tentatively placed in the family due to the similarity of the lower molars in these two genera.
References
- Rich et al. 2001. Monotreme nature of the Early Cretaceous mammal Teinolophos. Acta Paleontologica Polonica. 46:113-118
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