†Kollikodon ritchiei Flannery et al. 1995 (monotreme)
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Mammalia - Monotremata - Kollikodontidae
Alternative combination: Kollikodon ritchei
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
Belongs to Kollikodon according to T. F. Flannery et al. 1995
See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMPC F96602, a mandible (R dentary fragment with M/1, and alveoli for P/1, P/2 and M/4). Its type locality is Moonshine, Coocoran Opal Field, which is in a Cenomanian estuary/bay claystone in the Griman Creek Formation of Australia.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Moonshine, Coocoran Opal Field
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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