Obdurodon

Obdurodon dicksoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Monotremata

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Prototheria Ordo: Monotremata

Familia: Ornithorhynchidae
Genus: †Obdurodon
Species (3): †O. dicksoni – †O. insignis – †O. tharalkooschild

Name

Obdurodon Woodburne & Tedford, 1975

References

Primary references

• Woodburne, M.O. & Tedford, R.H. 1975. The first Tertiary monotreme from Australia. American Museum novitates 2588. hdl: 2246/2005

Additional references

• Archer, M., Jenkins, F.A., Jr., Hand, S.J., Murray, P.F. & Godthelp, H. 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. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Riversleigh platypus

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