Peter Trusler. The genus name, Teinolophos, means "extended ridge", a reference to its tooth structure. Originally, Teinolophos was thought to be a eupantothere...

across Antarctica from Australia. Another two genera, Steropodon and Teinolophos, were originally thought to belong to the Ornithorhynchidae. However...

†Teinolophidae Genus †Stirtodon Species †Stirtodon elizabethae Genus †Teinolophos Species †Teinolophos trusleri – 123 Ma, oldest monotreme specimen Superfamily Ornithorhynchoidea...

relatively large trough in the jaw bone of the early Cretaceous monotreme Teinolophos provides evidence of a pre-mammalian jaw joint, because therapsids and...

Ornithorhynchus is known from Pliocene-aged strata. The extinct monotremes Teinolophos and Steropodon from the Cretaceous were once thought to be closely related...

have been described as belonging to this family: Teinolophos (the type genus), and Stirtodon. Teinolophos is deeply divergent within monotreme evolution...

type genus of Steropodontidae, its own monotypic family. The monotreme Teinolophos was suggested to also belong in this family, before also being placed...

placenta was a later development. One of the earliest-known monotremes was Teinolophos, which lived about 120 million years ago in Australia. Monotremes have...

Gondwanaland (the old Southern Hemisphere super-continent). Recent analysis of Teinolophos, which lived somewhere between 121 and 112.5 million years ago, suggests...

described member of the family Steropodontidae. Another proposed member is Teinolophos that was moved into its own family, Teinolophidae, by Flannery et al...