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Echidnidae (disused)
Taxonomy
Echidnidae was named by Burnett (1830). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Tachyglossidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Ornithostomi by Cope (1889); to Cacodonta by Ameghino (1889); and to Monotremata by Bonaparte (1850), Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Lydekker (1894).
It was synonymized subjectively with Tachyglossidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Ornithostomi by Cope (1889); to Cacodonta by Ameghino (1889); and to Monotremata by Bonaparte (1850), Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Lydekker (1894).
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Echidnidae Burnett 1830
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available