Teinolophos trusleri Rich et al. 1999 (monotreme)

Mammalia - Monotremata - Teinolophidae

Full reference: T. H. Rich, P. Vickers-Rich, A. Constantine, T. F. Flannery, L. Kool and N. Klaveren. 1999. Early Cretaceous mammals from Flat Rocks, Victoria, Australia. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum 106:1-34

Belongs to Teinolophos according to T. F. Flannery et al. 2022

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kool et al. 1999, Kool et al. 2000, Poropat et al. 2023, Rich et al. 2005 and Rich et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMV P208231 = MSC 148, a mandible (left mandibular fragment). 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

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