Kollikodon
Kollikodon ritchiei is a fossil monotreme species. It is known from an opalised teeth fragment, with one premolar and two molars in situ. The fossil was found al Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia.
Kollikodon ritchiei Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Family: | Kollikodontidae Flannery, Archer, Rich & Jones, 1995
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Genus: | Kollikodon Flannery, Archer, Rich & Jones, 1995
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Species: | K. ritchiei
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Kollikodon ritchiei Flannery, Archer, Rich & Jones, 1995
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References
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- Flannery, T.F., Archer, M., Rich, T.H., Jones, R. (1995) "A new family of monotremes from the Cretaceous of Australia". Nature 377: 418-420.