Monotrematum

Monotrematum sudamericanum is an extinct monotreme species from the Paleocene (Peligran) Salamanca Formation in Patagonia, Argentina. It is the only monotreme found outside Oceania.
Taxonomy.
A species described in 1992 and assigned to a new genus Monotrematum as the type. It is currently the only known species of the genus. The authors compared their fossil material to the genus "Obdurodon", ornithorhynchid species first discovered at Australian fossil sites in 1975.
Description.
"Monotrematum sudamericanum" is known only from two lower and one upper platypus-like teeth. It is the only known non-Australasian ornithorhynchid. The main difference, apart from continent and age, is its size: the teeth of "Monotrematum" are around twice as large as those of other similar species in the related genus "Obdurodon". The teeth of "M. sudamericanum" presently reside in the collections of Museo de La Plata and Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, both in Argentina.
According to Pascual, "The preserved enamel in the central region shows that the crown pattern is almost identical to that of "Obdurodon": it is composed of two V-shaped lobes, the anterior of which is wider, separated from the posterior one by a valley that connects the lingual and buccal sides of the crown separating the anterior and posterior lobes."