Ornithorhynchidae

Taxonavigation

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

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
Genera (5): Ornithorhynchus - †Monotrematum - †Obdurodon - †Steropodon - †Teinolophos

Number

1 specie

Name

• Ornithorhynchidae Gray, 1825

Synonyms

• Steropodontidae Flannery et al., 1995
  • Authority for current placement: Rowe et al., 2008: 1241, fig. 5 (by implication, Steropodon is placed within the clade labelled Ornithorhynchidae, consistently with the text discussion and conclusions)

References

• Ann. Philos., n.s., 10: 343.
• Flannery, T.F.; Archer, M.; Rich, T.H.; Jones, R. 1995: A new family of monotremes from the Cretaceous of Australia. Nature, 377: 418-420. doi: 10.1038/377418a0
• Rowe, T.; Rich, T.H.; Vickers-Rich, P.; Springer, M.; Woodburne, M.O. 2008: The oldest platypus and its bearing on divergence timing of the platypus and echidna clades. PNAS, 105(4): 1238-1242. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706385105

links

• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214
• Ornithorhynchidae in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Ornithorhynchidae Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schnabeltier
Eesti: Nokkloomlased
Español: Ornitorrincos
日本語: カモノハシ科
Polski: Dziobakowate
Русский: Утконосы
Українська: Качкодзьобові

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