Obdurodon

Taxonavigation

Skull of Obdurodon dicksoni

Taxonavigation: Monotremata
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Prototheria Ordo: Monotremata

Familia: Ornithorhynchidae
Genus: † Obdurodon
Species: O. dicksoni – O. insignis

Name

Obdurodon Woodburne & Tedford, 1975

References

• Woodburne, M.O.; Tedford, R.H. 1975: The first Tertiary monotreme from Australia. American Museum novitates, (2588)
• Archer, M. et al. 1992: Description of the skull and non-vestigial dentition of a Miocene platypus (Obdurodon dicksoni) from Riversleigh, Australia, and the problem of monotreme origins. Pp. 15-27 in Augee, M.L. (ed.) Platypus and echidnas. The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, New South Wales. [not seen]

links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

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