Zaglossus robustus
Zaglossus robustus is an extinct species of long-beaked echidna known from the middle Miocene (about 13 or 14 million years ago) of Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia.[1] It may belong in the genus Megalibgwilia. The supposed fossil platypus Ornithorhynchus maximus was based on a humerus of this species.[2][3]
| Zaglossus robustus Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Monotremata |
| Family: | Tachyglossidae |
| Genus: | Zaglossus |
| Species: | Z. robustus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zaglossus robustus (Dun, 1895) | |
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References
- Musser, A. M. (2003). "Review of the monotreme fossil record and comparison of palaeontological and molecular data". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 136 (4): 927–942. doi:10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00275-7.
- Hall, B. K. (1999). "The paradoxical platypus". BioScience. 49 (3): 211–218. doi:10.2307/1313511. JSTOR 1313511.
- Musser, A. M. (1999). "Diversity and relationships of living and extinct monotremes" (PDF). Australian Mammalogy. 21 (8–9).
Further reading
- Australia's Lost World: Prehistoric Animals of Riversleigh by Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand, and Henk Godthelp (page 162)
- Augee, M. L.; Gooden, B.; Musser, A. (January 2006). Echidna: Extraordinary Egg-laying Mammal. Csiro Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-643-09204-4. OCLC 65199910.
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