Monotrematum
| Monotrematum | |
|---|---|
| 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. It is one of only two monotremes found outside Oceania.