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Obdurodon

Osteichthyes - Monotremata - Ornithorhynchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Obdurodon Woodburne and Tedford p. 3
1978Obdurodon Archer et al. p. 17
1988Obdurodon Carroll
1992Obdurodon Archer et al. p. 16
2005Obdurodon Martin and Rauhut
2008Obdurodon Rowe et al. p. 1241
2026Obdurodon Worthy et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—AustralosphenidaLuo et al. 2001
orderMonotremataBonaparte 1838
familyOrnithorhynchidaeGray 1825
genusObdurodon

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.

G. †Obdurodon Woodburne and Tedford 1975
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†Obdurodon dicksoni Archer et al. 1992
†Obdurodon insignis Woodburne and Tedford 1975
†Obdurodon tharalkooschild Pian et al. 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Serravallian or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) O. insignis (182109)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) O. insignis (45652 51412 95828 278730)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Australia (Queensland) O. dicksoni (92641)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Queensland) O. tharalkooschild (151091)