Monotrematum

Monotrematum sudamericanum (artistic restoration)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ornithorhynchoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Ordo: Monotremata Superfamilia: Ornithorhynchoidea

Familia: Ornithorhynchidae
Genus: †Monotrematum
Species: †M. sudamericanum

Name

• Monotrematum Pascual, Archer, Ortiz Jaureguizar, Prado, Godthelp & Hand, 1992: 3.
  • Gender: neuter.
    • Type species: Monotrematum sudamericanum Pascual, Archer, Ortiz-Jaureguizar, Prado, Godthelp & Hand, 1992
    • Fixation. type by oryginal designation.
  • Etymology: from Monotremata.

References

Primary references

• Pascual, R., Archer, M., Ortiz Jaureguizar, E., Prado, J.R. do, Godthelp, H. & Hand, S.J. 1992. The first non-Australian monotreme: an early Paleocene South American platypus (Monotremata, Ornithorhynchidae). Augee, M.L. (ed.) Platypus and echidnas. The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, New South Wales. Pp. i–ii, 1–296. Chapter pagination: 1–14. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pascual, R., Goin, F.J., Balarino, L. & Udrizar Sauthier, D.E. 2002. New data on the Paleocene monotreme Monotrematum sudamericanum, and the convergent evolution of triangulate molars. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(3): 487–492. PDF Reference page.