†family Kollikodontidae Flannery et al. 1995 (monotreme)

Mammalia - Monotremata - Kollikodontidae

Full reference: T. F. Flannery, M. Archer, T. H. Rich and R. Jones. 1995. A new family of monotremes from the Cretaceous of Australia. Nature 377:418-420

Parent taxon: Monotremata according to S. F. Poropat et al. 2023

See also Flannery et al. 1995 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Agathodonta, Cacodonta, Kryoryctes, Ornithorhynchidae, Patagorhynchus, Platypoda, Spondilocoelia, Steropodontidae, Stirtodon, Tachyglossa, Tachyglossidae, Teinolophidae

Subtaxa: Kollikodon Sundrius

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Type: Kollikodon

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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