Murrayglossus Flannery et al. 2022 (echidna)

Mammalia - Monotremata - Tachyglossidae

Full reference: T. F. Flannery, T. H. Rich, P. Vickers-Rich, T. Ziegler, E. G. Veatch and K. M. Helgen. 2022. A review of monotreme (Monotremata) evolution. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 46(1):3-20

Parent taxon: Tachyglossidae according to T. F. Flannery et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Megalibgwilia, Tachyglossus, Zaglossus

Subtaxa: Murrayglossus hacketti

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Type: Zaglossus hacketti

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Mammoth Cave (Quaternary of Australia)

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