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

Wikispecies has information on: Teinolophos.
  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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