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Steropodon
Taxonomy
Steropodon was named by Archer et al. (1985). Its type is Steropodon galmani.
It was assigned to Steropodontidae by Flannery et al. (1995) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Australosphenida by Rauhut et al. (2002) and Martin and Rauhut (2005); and to Ornithorhynchidae by Archer et al. (1985), Carroll (1988) and Rowe et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Steropodontidae by Flannery et al. (1995) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Australosphenida by Rauhut et al. (2002) and Martin and Rauhut (2005); and to Ornithorhynchidae by Archer et al. (1985), Carroll (1988) and Rowe et al. (2008).
Species
S. galmani (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Steropodon Archer et al. p. 364 |
| 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 |
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Australia (New South Wales) | S. galmani (97756) |