Sundrius Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Albian), ~113–108 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Monotremata |
Family: | †Kollikodontidae (?) |
Genus: | †Sundrius |
Species: | †S. ziegleri |
Binomial name | |
†Sundrius ziegleri Rich et al., 2020 |
Sundrius is an extinct genus of probable monotreme mammal from the Late Cretaceous (Albian) Eumeralla Formation of Australia. The genus contains a single species, S. ziegleri, known from a broken molar.
References
- Rich, Thomas H.; Flannery, Timothy F.; Evans, Alistair R.; White, Matt; Ziegler, Timothy; Maguire, Alanna; Poropat, Stephen; Trusler, Peter; Vickers-Rich, Patricia (2020-10-01). "Multiple hypotheses about two mammalian upper dentitions from the Early Cretaceous of Australia". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 44 (4): 528–536. Bibcode:2020Alch...44..528R. doi:10.1080/03115518.2020.1829042. ISSN 0311-5518.
- Flannery, Timothy F.; Rich, Thomas H.; Vickers-Rich, Patricia; Ziegler, Tim; Veatch, E. Grace; Helgen, Kristofer M. (2022-01-02). "A review of monotreme (Monotremata) evolution". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 46 (1): 3–20. Bibcode:2022Alch...46....3F. doi:10.1080/03115518.2022.2025900. ISSN 0311-5518.
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