†Monotrematum Pascual et al. 1992 (platypus)
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Mammalia - Monotremata - Ornithorhynchidae
Full reference: R. Pascual, M. Archer, E. O. Jaureguizar, J. L. Prado, H. Godthelp and S. J. Hand. 1992. The first non-Australian monotreme: an early Paleocene South American platypus (Monotremata, Ornithorhynchidae). Platypus and Echidnas. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-14
Parent taxon: Ornithorhynchidae according to J. N. Gelfo et al. 2007
See also Pascual et al. 1992 and Pascual et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Obdurodon, Ornithorhynchus, Steropodon, Teinolophos
Subtaxa: Monotrematum sudamericanum
Ecology: scansorial insectivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Punta Peligro (Paleocene of Argentina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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