†Obdurodon Woodburne and Tedford 1975 (platypus)
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Mammalia - Monotremata - Ornithorhynchidae
Full reference: M. O. Woodburne and R. H. Tedford. 1975. The first Tertiary monotreme from Australia. American Museum of Novitates 2588:1-11
Parent taxon: Ornithorhynchidae according to T. Rowe et al. 2008
See also Archer et al. 1992, Archer et al. 1978, Carroll 1988, Martin and Rauhut 2005 and Woodburne and Tedford 1975
Sister taxa: Monotrematum, Ornithorhynchus, Steropodon, Teinolophos
Subtaxa: Obdurodon dicksoni Obdurodon insignis Obdurodon tharalkooschild
Ecology: scansorial insectivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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