†Murrayglossus hacketti Glauert 1914 (Hackett's Giant Echidna)
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Mammalia - Monotremata - Tachyglossidae
Alternative combination: Zaglossus hacketti
Full reference: L. Glauert. 1914. Taxonomy and detailed description of Zaglossus hacketti. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3):244-248
Belongs to Murrayglossus according to T. F. Flannery et al. 2022
See also Augee et al. 2006 and Glauert 1914
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: WAM 60.10.1, a partial skeleton (associated partial skeleton including the atlas, clavicles and episternum, pelvic girdle, femora, a tibia and radius). Its type locality is Mammoth Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Australia.
Distribution: found only at Mammoth Cave
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