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| + | |name = ''Steropodon'' |
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| + | |image = [[Image:Steropodon p1.jpg|300px]] |
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| + | |diet = Carnivore |
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| − | ==Appearances== |
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| + | |range = [[Antarctica]], [[Australia]] |
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| + | |time = Early [[Cretaceous]] |
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| + | |individual = One |
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| + | |appearances = ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]'' <small>(''[[Spirits of the Ice Forest]]'')</small> |
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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 was once thought to look like a platypus though this is now known to be incorrect. |
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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). |
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Revision as of 21:13, 27 June 2020
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 was once thought to look like a platypus though this is now known to be incorrect.
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).