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Steropodon
Taxonomy
Steropodon was named by Archer et al. (1985). Its type is Steropodon galmani. It is the type genus of Steropodontidae.
It was assigned to Australosphenida by Rauhut et al. (2002), Martin and Rauhut (2005); to Ornithorhynchidae by Archer et al. (1985), Carroll (1988), Rowe et al. (2008); and to Steropodontidae by Flannery et al. (1995), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Poropat et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Australosphenida by Rauhut et al. (2002), Martin and Rauhut (2005); to Ornithorhynchidae by Archer et al. (1985), Carroll (1988), Rowe et al. (2008); and to Steropodontidae by Flannery et al. (1995), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Poropat et al. (2023).
Species
S. galmani (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Steropodon Archer et al. p. 364 figs. Figure 1, 2 |
| 1988 | Steropodon Carroll |
| 1995 | Steropodon Flannery et al. p. 418 |
| 2002 | Steropodon Rauhut et al. |
| 2004 | Steropodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 206, 210 fig. 6.5A,C1 |
| 2005 | Steropodon Martin and Rauhut |
| 2008 | Steropodon Rowe et al. p. 1241 |
| 2023 | Steropodon Poropat et al. p. 173 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | Australia (New South Wales) | S. galmani (97756) |