Steropodon
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. It is one of the oldest monotremes discovered, and is one of the oldest Australian mammal discoveries.
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| Holotype mandible | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Monotremata |
| Family: | †Steropodontidae |
| Genus: | †Steropodon Archer, Flannery, Ritchie, & Molnar, 1985 |
| Species: | †S. galmani |
| Binomial name | |
| †Steropodon galmani | |
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