Kryoryctes

Kryoryctes
Holotype humerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Monotremata
Family: Kollikodontidae (?)
Genus: Kryoryctes
Pridmore, Rich, Vickers-Rich & Gambaryan, 2005
Species:
K. cadburyi
Binomial name
Kryoryctes cadburyi
Pridmore et al., 2005

Kryoryctes is a genus of prehistoric monotreme mammal from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) Eumeralla Formation[1] of Victoria, Australia from the Otway Group of Dinosaur Cove. It is known only from a partial right humerus, estimated at 106 million years old, and contains one species, Kryoryctes cadburyi. The holotype, NMV P208094, was described in 2005 and is currently housed in the Museums Victoria Palaeontological Collection.[2]

  1. ^ Kear, Benjamin A.; Hamilton-Bruce, Robert J. (2011), Dinosaurs in Australia: Mesozoic Life from the Southern Continent, CSIRO Publishing, p. 134, ISBN 978-0643100459
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pridmore was invoked but never defined (see the help page).