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Zaglossus robusta
Taxonomy
Echidna (Proechidna) robusta was named by Dun (1894). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Canadian Lead, Gulgong, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.
It was recombined as Megalibgwilia robusta by Griffiths et al. (1991); it was recombined as Zaglossus robusta by Murray (1978) and Augee et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Megalibgwilia robusta by Griffiths et al. (1991); it was recombined as Zaglossus robusta by Murray (1978) and Augee et al. (2006).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1894 | Ornithorhynchus maximus Dun p. 119 figs. Plate XI, Figs. 1-4 |
| 1894 | Echidna (Proechidna) robusta Dun p. 121 figs. Plate XII |
| 1894 | Ornithorhynchus maximus Dun p. 123 figs. Plate XI, Figs. 1-4 |
| 1922 | Zaglossus harrissoni Scott and Lord p. 13 figs. Plate V |
| 1978 | Zaglossus robusta Murray p. 41 |
| 1991 | Megalibgwilia robusta Griffiths et al. p. 96 |
| 2006 | Zaglossus robusta Augee et al. p. 17 |
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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.
†Zaglossus robusta Dun 1894
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Invalid names: Ornithorhynchus maximus Dun 1894 [synonym], Zaglossus harrissoni Scott and Lord 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Nowak 1991, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Echidna robusta (type locality: 95862) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Zaglossus harrissoni (95911) |