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Monotremata (monotreme)

Mammalia - Monotremata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Monotremata Bonaparte
1850Monotremata Bonaparte p. 1
1872Monotremata Gill p. 27
1880Monotremata Huxley p. 653
1883Monotremata Flower p. 183
1891Monotremata Flower and Lydekker p. 88
1898Monotremata Gadow p. 39
1910Monotremata Gregory p. 464
1911Monotremati Jaekel p. 195
1975Monotremata McKenna p. 40
1975Monotremata Woodburne and Tedford p. 3
1978Monotremata Murray p. 41
1982Monotremata Gardiner p. 229
1985Monotremata Archer et al. p. 364
1988Monotremata Carroll
1988Monotremata Rowe p. 245 figs. Figure 3
1991Monotremata Griffiths et al. p. 90
1991Monotremata Nowak
1991Monotremata Wible
1998Monotremata Kirsch and Mayer p. 1234
2001Monotremata Luo et al. p. 56
2001Monotremata Rich et al. p. 114
2002Monotremata Rauhut et al.
2004Monotremata Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 206-210
2005Monotremata Wilson and Reeder
2008Monotremata Rowe et al. p. 1241
2011Monotremata Averianov and Lopatin p. 34
2022Monotremata Velazco et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
AustralosphenidaLuo et al. 2001
orderMonotremataBonaparte 1838
orderMonotremataBonaparte 1838

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Monotremata Bonaparte 1838 [monotreme]
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Subor. Cacodonta Ameghino 1889
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Invalid names: Echidnidae Burnett 1830 [empty]
Fm. †Kollikodontidae Flannery et al. 1995
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G. †Kollikodon Flannery et al. 1995
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Kollikodon ritchiei Flannery et al. 1995
G. †Kryoryctes Pridmore et al. 2005
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Kryoryctes cadburyi Pridmore et al. 2005
Fm. Ornithorhynchidae Gray 1825 [platypus]
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G. †Monotrematum Pascual et al. 1992
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Monotrematum sudamericanum Pascual et al. 1992
G. †Obdurodon Woodburne and Tedford 1975
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Obdurodon dicksoni Archer et al. 1992
Obdurodon insignis Woodburne and Tedford 1975
Obdurodon tharalkooschild Pian et al. 2013
G. Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach 1800
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Invalid names: Ornithorhynchus agilis de Vis 1886 [synonym]
G. †Steropodon Archer et al. 1985
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Steropodon galmani Archer et al. 1985
G. †Teinolophos Rich et al. 1999
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Teinolophos trusleri Rich et al. 1999
G. †Patagorhynchus Chimento et al. 2023
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Patagorhynchus pascuali Chimento et al. 2023
G. †Stirtodon Rich et al. 2020
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Stirtodon elizabethae Rich et al. 2020
Fm. Tachyglossidae Gill 1872 [echidna]
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G. †Megalibgwilia Griffiths et al. 1991
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Megalibgwilia ramsayi Owen 1884
G. Tachyglossus Illiger 1811
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Tachyglossus aculeatus Shaw 1792 [short-beaked echidna]
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Invalid names: Echidna hystrix Home 1802 [synonym]
Invalid names: Echidna Cuvier 1797 [replaced]
G. Zaglossus Gill 1877
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Zaglossus attenboroughi Flannery and Groves 1998
Zaglossus bartoni Thomas 1907
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Zaglossus bartoni clunius Thomas and Rothschild 1922
Zaglossus bartoni diamondi Flannery and Groves 1998
Invalid names: Zaglossus bubuensis Lauri 1952 [synonym]
Zaglossus bartoni smeenki Flannery and Groves 1998
Zaglossus bruijni Peters and Doria 1876
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Invalid names: Bruijnia tridactyla Du Bois 1884 [synonym], Proechidna nigroaculeata Rothschild 1892 [synonym], Proechidna villosissima Dubois 1884 [synonym]
Zaglossus hacketti Glauert 1914 [Hackett's Giant Echidna]
Zaglossus robusta Dun 1894
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Invalid names: Ornithorhynchus maximus Dun 1894 [synonym], Zaglossus harrissoni Scott and Lord 1922 [synonym]
Invalid names: Acanthoglossus Gervais 1877 [synonym], Bruynia Dubois 1881 [synonym], Echidna oweni Kreft 1868 [nomen vanum], Proechidna Gervais 1877 [synonym], Prozaglossus Kerbert 1912 [synonym]
Invalid names: Agathodonta Ameghino 1889 [empty], Platypoda Gill 1872 [empty], Spondilocoelia Ameghino 1889 [empty], Steropodontidae Flannery et al. 1995 [empty], Tachyglossa Gill 1872 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 122.46000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 112.03 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Australia (Victoria) Teinolophos trusleri, Monotremata indet. (51961)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Australia (Victoria) Monotremata indet. (118946)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Australia (Victoria) Kryoryctes cadburyi (38542)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Australia (New South Wales) Kollikodon ritchiei (95861) Steropodon galmani (38539) Stirtodon elizabethae (224429)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Patagorhynchus pascuali (206969)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Ornithorhynchidae indet. (95914)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Obdurodon insignis (182109)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Obdurodon insignis (45652 51412 95828)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Australia (Queensland) Obdurodon dicksoni (92641)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Queensland) Obdurodon tharalkooschild (151091)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (New South Wales) Echidna robusta, Ornithorhynchus agilis (95862)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia ( New South Wales) Zaglossus sp. (182621)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Zaglossus hacketti (96022)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Echidna oweni (95899)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Tasmania) Zaglossus harrissoni (95911)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Zaglossus ramsay (136221)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Megalibgwilia ramsayi (136073 136076 181305) Tachyglossus aculeatus (136159 136430) Zaglossus ramsayi (28298)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Tachyglossus aculeatus (181307)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Tachyglossus aculeatus (136075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Echidna oweni (95863) Ornithorhynchus agilis (28422)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Tachyglossus aculeatus (182957)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Ornithorhynchus anatinus, Tachyglossus aculeatus (21688)