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Zaglossus
Taxonomy
Zaglossus was named by Gill (1877). It is extant. Its type is Zaglossus bruijnii.
It was assigned to Monotremata by Glauert (1914); and to Tachyglossidae by Murray (1978), Carroll (1988), Griffiths et al. (1991), Flannery and Groves (1998), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Rowe et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Monotremata by Glauert (1914); and to Tachyglossidae by Murray (1978), Carroll (1988), Griffiths et al. (1991), Flannery and Groves (1998), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Rowe et al. (2008).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1863 | Echidna oweni Krefft |
| 1868 | Echidna oweni Kreft p. 114 figs. Fig. 1-6 |
| 1877 | Acanthoglossus Gervais |
| 1877 | Proechidna Gervais p. 43 |
| 1877 | Zaglossus Gill |
| 1881 | Bruynia Dubois |
| 1894 | Echidna (Proechidna) oweni Dun p. 119 |
| 1894 | Proechidna Lydekker p. 245 |
| 1894 | Echidna oweni Lydekker p. 279 |
| 1912 | Zaglossus oweni Allen p. 259 |
| 1912 | Prozaglossus Kerbert |
| 1914 | Zaglossus Glauert p. 244 |
| 1978 | Zaglossus Murray p. 41 |
| 1988 | Zaglossus Carroll |
| 1991 | Zaglossus Griffiths et al. p. 90 |
| 1998 | Zaglossus Flannery and Groves p. 379 |
| 2005 | Zaglossus Wilson and Reeder |
| 2008 | Zaglossus Rowe et al. p. 1238 |
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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.
G. Zaglossus Gill 1877
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Zaglossus attenboroughi Flannery and Groves 1998
Zaglossus bartoni Thomas 1907
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Zaglossus bartoni bartoni Thomas 1907
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Echidna robusta (95862) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Z. sp. (182621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Z. hacketti (96022) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Echidna oweni (95899) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Z. ramsay (136221) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Z. harrissoni (95911) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Z. ramsayi (28298) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Echidna oweni (95863) |