Kryoryctes Pridmore et al. 2005 (monotreme)

Mammalia - Monotremata

Full reference: P. A. Pridmore, T. H. Rich, P. Vickers-Rich and P. P. Gambaryan. 2005. A tachyglossid-like humerus from the Early Cretaceous of south-eastern Australia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12(3/4):359-378

Parent taxon: Monotremata according to P. A. Pridmore et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Agathodonta, Cacodonta, Kollikodontidae, Ornithorhynchidae, Patagorhynchus, Platypoda, Spondilocoelia, Steropodontidae, Stirtodon, Tachyglossa, Tachyglossidae

Subtaxa: Kryoryctes cadburyi

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Type: Kryoryctes cadburyi

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Slippery Rock, Dinosaur Cove (Cretaceous of Australia)

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