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Ornithorhynchidae
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The Ornithorhynchidae are one of the two extant families in the order Monotremata, and contain only the platypus and its extinct relatives. The other family is the Tachyglossidae, or echidnas.
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Ornithorhynchidae is a family of mammals within the order Monotremata, also referred to as Platypoda. It belongs to the class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The family was described by Gray in 1825 and is currently accepted under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
This taxon originated approximately 61 million years ago. Members of the family inhabit freshwater environments. The group has been documented in 25,714 occurrences.
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Vinony's link graph records 167 inbound references to Ornithorhynchidae, and connects out to Obdurodon, platypus and Nuckles.
It sits within the topics Extant Chattian first appearances, Ornithorhynchidae and Taxa named by John Edward Gray.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderMonotremata
- FamilyOrnithorhynchidae
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The Ornithorhynchidae are one of the two extant families in the order Monotremata, and contain only the platypus and its extinct relatives. The other family is the Tachyglossidae, or echidnas.
Within the Ornithorhynchidae are the main Cenozoic genera Ornithorhynchus and Obdurodon, and several potential stem-genera dating back to the Late Cretaceous, of which the oldest is possibly Dharragarra. Although fossil evidence suggests the presence of ornithorhynchids in the Cretaceous, phylogenetic evidence has largely found that they and the Tachyglossidae only diverged during the Cenozoic, although this varies based on the specific constraints used.
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