Stirtodon elizabethae Rich et al. 2020 (monotreme)

Mammalia - Monotremata

Full reference: T. H. Rich, T. F. Flannery, and P. Vickers-Rich. 2020. Evidence for a remarkably large toothed-monotreme from the Early Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia. Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics: New Perspectives on Post-Gondwana Break-up—A Tribute to Ashok Sahni 77-81

Belongs to Stirtodon according to T. H. Rich et al. 2020

See also Poropat et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMF 118621, a tooth (natural cast of a right upper monotreme premolar). Its type locality is Vertical Bill's claim, Three Mile opal field (first level), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian terrestrial claystone in the Griman Creek Formation of Australia.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Vertical Bill's claim, Three Mile opal field (first level)

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