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Tachyglossidae (echidna)

Mammalia - Monotremata - Tachyglossidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Tachyglossidae Gill
1978Tachyglossidae Murray p. 41
1988Tachyglossidae Carroll
1991Tachyglossidae Griffiths et al. p. 90
1991Tachyglossidae Nowak
2005Tachyglossidae Rich et al. p. 913
2005Tachyglossidae Wilson and Reeder
2008Tachyglossidae Rowe et al. p. 1241

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
AustralosphenidaLuo et al. 2001
orderMonotremataBonaparte 1838
familyTachyglossidaeGill 1872
familyTachyglossidaeGill 1872

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.

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
Zaglossus bartoni smeenki Flannery and Groves 1998
Invalid names: Zaglossus bubuensis Lauri 1952 [synonym]
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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available