Monotremata

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Ornithorhynchus anatinus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Prototheria
Ordo: Monotremata
Familiae: Ornithorhynchidae - Tachyglossidae

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†Kollikodontidae - †Steropodontidae

[edit] Name

Monotremata Bonaparte, 1837

[edit] References

• Ivakhnenko, M.F. 2009: Eotherapsid hypothesis for the origin of Monotremata. Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, (3): 3–16. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological journal, 43: 237-250]
• Musser, A.M. 2003: Review of the monotreme fossil record and comparison of palaeontological and molecular data. Comparative biochemistry & physiology, part A molecular & integrative physiology, 136A(4): 927-942.
• Musser, A.M. 2006: Furry egg-layers: monotreme relationships and radiations. Pp. 523-550 in Merrick, J.R.; Archer, M.; Hickey, G.M.; Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.) Evolution and biogeography of Australasian vertebrates. Auscipub, Sydney.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214
• Monotremata on Mammal species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Monotremata Report on ITIS

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