Stirtodon Explained

Stirtodon is an extinct genus of monotreme mammal from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Griman Creek Formation of Australia. The genus contains a single species, S. elizabethae, known from a large isolated premolar. Stirtodon may be the largest toothed monotreme discovered.^{[1] [2]} Several other monotremes are known from the Griman Creek Formation, including Dharragarra, Kollikodon, Opalios, Parvopalus, and Steropodon.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Rich . Thomas H. . Tom Rich . Flannery . Timothy F. . Tim Flannery . Vickers-Rich . Patricia . Patricia Vickers-Rich . Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics: New Perspectives on Post-Gondwana Break-up–A Tribute to Ashok Sahni . 2020 . . 978-3-030-49753-8 . Prasad . Guntupalli V.R. . 77–81 . en . Evidence for a Remarkably Large Toothed-Monotreme from the Early Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia . 10.1007/978-3-030-49753-8_4 . Patnaik . Rajeev . https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-49753-8_4.
2. Flannery . Timothy F. . Tim Flannery . Rich . Thomas H. . Tom Rich . Vickers-Rich . Patricia . Patricia Vickers-Rich . Ziegler . Tim . Veatch . E. Grace . Helgen . Kristofer M. . 2022-01-02 . A review of monotreme (Monotremata) evolution . . en . 46 . 1 . 3–20 . 10.1080/03115518.2022.2025900 . 0311-5518. free .
3. Flannery . Timothy F. . Tim Flannery . McCurry . Matthew R. . Rich . Thomas H. . Tom Rich . Vickers-Rich . Patricia . Patricia Vickers-Rich . Smith . Elizabeth T. . Helgen . Kristofer M. . 2024-05-26 . A diverse assemblage of monotremes (Monotremata) from the Cenomanian Lightning Ridge fauna of New South Wales, Australia . . en . 1–19 . 10.1080/03115518.2024.2348753 . 0311-5518. free .