硬齿鸭嘴兽(Steropodon galmani)是一种史前的单孔目,或是产卵的哺乳动物,生存于下白垩纪阿尔布阶。它是鸭嘴兽的最早的亲属。
硬齿鸭嘴兽的化石只有一个蛋白石化的颚骨及三颗臼齿,于澳洲新南威尔士闪电山脊发现。它是中生代最大的哺乳动物,约有40-50厘米长。下臼齿长约5-7毫米,阔3-4毫米,而其他中世代的哺乳动物臼齿只有1-2毫米长。它的臼齿像兽亚纲的三尖齿,但它没有下内锥,且上臼齿没有原尖。
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- Archer, M., Flannery, T.F., Ritchie, A., Molnar, R.E. First Mesozoic mammal from Australia — an early Cretaceous monotreme. Nature. 1985, 318: 363–366.
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