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Kollikodon ritchiei
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Kollikodontidae

Flannery, Archer, Rich & Jones, 1995
Genus:
Kollikodon

Flannery, Archer, Rich & Jones, 1995
Species:
K. ritchiei
Binomial name
Kollikodon ritchiei
Flannery, Archer, Rich & Jones, 1995

Kollikodon ritchiei is a fossil monotreme species. It is known from an opalised teeth frgament, with one premolar and two molars in situ. The fossil was found al Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia.

  • 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.

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