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+ | |appearances = ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]'' <small>(''[[Spirits of the Ice Forest]]'')</small>}}'''''Steropodon''''' was a small mammal that lived alongside the dinosaurs in the mid-Cretaceous time period. |
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''Steropodon'' was a prehistoric species of monotreme, or egg-laying mammal, that lived during the middle Albian stage, in the Lower Cretaceous period. It is the second-earliest known relative of the platypus. |
''Steropodon'' was a prehistoric species of monotreme, or egg-laying mammal, that lived during the middle Albian stage, in the Lower Cretaceous period. It is the second-earliest known relative of the platypus. |
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| − | In the fifth episode of '''Walking with Dinosaurs''', a ''Steropodon |
+ | In the fifth episode of '''Walking with Dinosaurs''', a ''Steropodon'' (live acted by a [[coatimundi]]) is seen attempting to steal eggs from a ''[[Leaellynasaura]]''; however the dinosaur drives it off by kicking dirt back at it. |
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*''Steropodon'' was a monotreme; at the time the WWD series, it was thought to be similar to the modern platypus. Yet it was depicted by a live [[Coatimundi]], which looks nothing like a platypus, and presumably not at all like what one would expect ''Steropodon'' to look like. However, recent studies on a relative, ''Teinolophos'', show that it was a rather different animal from modern platypuses, lacking a beak and having teeth, so in retrospect WWD's depiction was justifiable (though one shouldn't expect ''Steropodon'' to look exactly like a Coatimundi either). |
*''Steropodon'' was a monotreme; at the time the WWD series, it was thought to be similar to the modern platypus. Yet it was depicted by a live [[Coatimundi]], which looks nothing like a platypus, and presumably not at all like what one would expect ''Steropodon'' to look like. However, recent studies on a relative, ''Teinolophos'', show that it was a rather different animal from modern platypuses, lacking a beak and having teeth, so in retrospect WWD's depiction was justifiable (though one shouldn't expect ''Steropodon'' to look exactly like a Coatimundi either). |
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Steropodon was a small mammal that lived alongside the dinosaurs in the mid-Cretaceous time period.
Facts
Steropodon was a prehistoric species of monotreme, or egg-laying mammal, that lived during the middle Albian stage, in the Lower Cretaceous period. It is the second-earliest known relative of the platypus.
In Walking with... Series
Walking with Dinosaurs
Spirits of the Ice Forest
In the fifth episode of Walking with Dinosaurs, a Steropodon (live acted by a coatimundi) is seen attempting to steal eggs from a Leaellynasaura; however the dinosaur drives it off by kicking dirt back at it.
Errors
- Steropodon was a monotreme; at the time the WWD series, it was thought to be similar to the modern platypus. Yet it was depicted by a live Coatimundi, which looks nothing like a platypus, and presumably not at all like what one would expect Steropodon to look like. However, recent studies on a relative, Teinolophos, show that it was a rather different animal from modern platypuses, lacking a beak and having teeth, so in retrospect WWD's depiction was justifiable (though one shouldn't expect Steropodon to look exactly like a Coatimundi either).