Kryoryctes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Monotremata

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Ordo: Monotremata

Familia: †Kollikodontidae
Genus: †Kryoryctes
Species: †K. cadburyi

Name

Kryoryctes Pridmore, Rich, Vickers-Rich & Gambaryan, 2005: 360

• Type species: Kryoryctes cadburyi Pridmore, Rich, Vickers-Rich & Gambaryan, 2005, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Pridmore, P.A., Rich, T.H., Vickers-Rich, P. & Gambaryan, P.P. 2005. A tachyglossid-like humerus from the Early Cretaceous of south-eastern Australia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12(3–4): 359–378. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-005-6959-9 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Flannery, T.F., Rich, T.H., Vickers-Rich, P., Ziegler, T., Veatch, E.G. & Helgen, K.M. 2022. A review of monotreme (Monotremata) evolution. Alcheringa 46(1): 3–20. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2022.2025900 . Reference page. 
• Hand, S.J., Wilson, L.A.B., López-Aguirre, C., Houssaye, A., Archer, M., Bevitt, J.J., Evans, A.R., Halim, A.Y., Hung, T., Rich, T.H., Vickers-Rich, P. & Beck, R.M.D. 2025. Bone microstructure supports a Mesozoic origin for a semiaquatic burrowing lifestyle in monotremes (Mammalia). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122(19) e2413569122. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2413569122 Reference page.