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Murrayglossus
Taxonomy
Murrayglossus was named by Flannery et al. (2022). Its type is Zaglossus hacketti.
It was assigned to Tachyglossidae by Flannery et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Tachyglossidae by Flannery et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Murrayglossus Flannery et al. p. 4 |
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G. †Murrayglossus Flannery et al. 2022
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†Murrayglossus hacketti Glauert 1914 [Hackett's Giant Echidna]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| T. F. Flannery et al. 2022 | Differing from all other tachyglossids in its gigantic size and unique suite of femoral characteristics: femoral head low; lesser trochanter very low relative to head and lying directly below the internal margin of the femur; greater trochanter large and high relative to the head; medial epicondyle flaring; condyles obliquely oriented (Fig. 3). The tibia is also short relative to the femur (Fig. 4) with a femur/tibia ratio 1⁄4 1.15. Comparative ratios: 0.92 (r1⁄40.89–0.96, n1⁄44) in Zaglossus; 1.01 (r1⁄40.98–1.04, n1⁄410) in Tachyglossus; 0.79 (n1⁄41) in Megalibgwilia Griffiths, Wells & Barrie, 1991. |