Teinolophos trusleri Rich et al. 1999 (platypus)

Mammalia - Monotremata - Ornithorhynchidae

Belongs to Teinolophos according to Rich et al. 1999

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kool et al. 1999, Kool et al. 2000 and Rich et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMV P208231 = MSC 148, a mandible (left mandibular fragment). Its type locality is Flat Rocks, Bunurong Marine Park, which is in an Aptian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the Wonthaggi Formation of Australia.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Flat Rocks, Bunurong Marine Park

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