Family Tachyglossidae Gill 1872 (echidna)

Mammalia - Monotremata - Tachyglossidae

Parent taxon: Monotremata according to T. Rowe et al. 2008

See also Carroll 1988, Gill 1872, Griffiths et al. 1991, Murray 1978, Nowak 1991, Rich et al. 2005 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Agathodonta, Cacodonta, Kollikodontidae, Kryoryctes, Ornithorhynchidae, Patagorhynchus, Platypoda, Spondilocoelia, Steropodontidae, Stirtodon, Tachyglossa, Teinolophidae

Subtaxa: Megalibgwilia Murrayglossus Tachyglossus Zaglossus

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (16 collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (1)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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