Opalios splendens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ornithorhynchoidea

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 Ordo: Monotremata Superfamilia: Ornithorhynchoidea

Familia: †Opalionidae
Genus: †Opalios
Species: †Opalios splendens

Name

Opalios splendens Flannery, McCurry, Rich, Vickers-Rich, Smith & Helgen, 2024

Holotype: AM F132596–AM F132599

Type locality: "tailings heap at the Tank Five processing dam (29.406629°S 147.779965°E / -29.406629; 147.779965) on the Coocoran Opal Fields west of Lightning Ridge township"; New South Wales, Australia

References

Primary references

• Flannery, T.F., McCurry, M.R., Rich, T.H., Vickers-Rich, P., Smith, E.T. & Helgen, K.M. 2024. A diverse assemblage of monotremes (Monotremata) from the Cenomanian Lightning Ridge fauna of New South Wales, Australia. Alcheringa 48(2): 319–337. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2024.2348753 Reference page.