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Ornithorhynchidae (platypus)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Ornithorhynchidae are one of the two extant families in the order Monotremata, and contains the platypus and its extinct relatives. The other family is the Tachyglossidae, or echidnas. Within Ornithorhynchidae are two genera, Obdurodon and Ornithorhynchus: \n* Family Ornithorhynchidae \n* Genus †Obdurodon — an ancient branch of the platypus family \n* †Obdurodon dicksoni \n* †Obdurodon insignis \n* †Obdurodon/Monotrematum sudamericanum \n* †Obdurodon tharalkooschild \n* Genus Ornithorhynchus \n* Ornithorhynchus anatinus (the modern platypus)
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Genus

Monotrematum (1)
Obdurodon (3)
Ornithorhynchus (duck-billed platypus) (5)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0