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Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Mammalia - Monotremata - Ornithorhynchidae

Taxonomy

Ornithorhynchus anatinus was named by Shaw (1792). It is extant.

Synonyms

Ornithorhynchus agilis was named by de Vis (1886). Its type specimen is no specimen number listed, a limb element (right tibia), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is King Creek, Pilton, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial horizon in Australia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ornithorhynchus anatinus by Archer et al. (1978).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1792	Ornithorhynchus anatinus Shaw
1885	Ornithorhynchus agilis de Vis p. 123
1886	Ornithorhynchus agilis de Vis p. 35
1894	Ornithorhynchus agilis Dun p. 119
1894	Ornithorhynchus agilis Lydekker p. 279

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Eugnathostomata
—	Teleostomi	(Bonaparte 1836)
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Australosphenida	Luo et al. 2001
order	Monotremata	Bonaparte 1838
family	Ornithorhynchidae	Gray 1825
genus	Ornithorhynchus	Blumenbach 1800
species	anatinus	Shaw 1792

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.

Ornithorhynchus anatinus Shaw 1792

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Invalid names: Ornithorhynchus agilis de Vis 1886 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Life habit:

amphibiousg

Diet:

insectivoref

Diet 2:

herbivoref

Created:

2012-04-17 11:10:46

Modified:

2012-04-16 20:10:46

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Gingerich 2003

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Australia (New South Wales)	Ornithorhynchus agilis (95862)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Australia (Queensland)	Ornithorhynchus agilis (28422)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Australia (Queensland)	Ornithorhynchus anatinus (21688)