Teinolophos Rich et al. 1999 (platypus)

Mammalia - Monotremata - Ornithorhynchidae

Parent taxon: Ornithorhynchidae according to T. Rowe et al. 2008

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Martin and Rauhut 2005, Rich et al. 2005 and Rich et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Monotrematum, Obdurodon, Ornithorhynchus, Steropodon

Subtaxa: Teinolophos trusleri

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Flat Rocks, Bunurong Marine Park (Cretaceous of Australia)

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