Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Ausktribosphenidae
Full reference: T. H. Rich, P. Vickers-Rich, A. Constantine, T. F. Flannery, L. Kool and N. Klaveren. 1997. A tribosphenic mammal from the Mesozoic of Australia. Science 278:1438-1442
Belongs to Ausktribosphenos according to T. F. Flannery et al. 2022
See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kool et al. 1998, Kool et al. 1999, Kool et al. 2000, Poropat et al. 2023, Rich 2001, Rich 2002, Rich et al. 1997 and Rich et al. 1999
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MSC 007, a mandible (mandible with three teeth). Its type locality is Flat Rocks, Bunurong Marine Park, which is in a Barremian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the "Wonthaggi" Formation of Australia.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Flat Rocks, Bunurong Marine Park
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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