Monotrematum

Monotrematum Temporal range: Early Paleocene (Peligran) ~61 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Artist's restoration as an Obdurodon-like animal
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Monotremata
Family:	Ornithorhynchidae (?)
Genus:	†Monotrematum Pascual et al. 1992
Species:	†M. sudamericanum
Binomial name
†Monotrematum sudamericanum Pascual et al. 1992

Monotrematum sudamericanum is an extinct monotreme species from the Paleocene (Peligran) Salamanca Formation in Patagonia, Argentina.^[1] It is one of only two monotremes found outside Oceania.