Monotrematum
genus of mammals in the order Monotremata (fossil)
Monotrematum is an extinct genus of platypus-like animal from the Paleocene of Argentina. Its only species is M. sudamericanum. It is only one of two monotremes found outside Oceania.
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Monotrematum is the only known non-Australasian ornithorhynchid. It resembled a platypus.
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- Patagorhynchus – another monotreme from South America
- Mamulichthys
- Dunkleosteus
- Balistes dubius
- Balistes vegai
- Steropodon – another platypus-like monotreme from the family Steropodontidae
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- "Monotrematum" Archived 2022-04-08 at the Wayback Machine. Fossilworks.org.
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- Information related to Monotrematum at Wikispecies