The first Tertiary monotreme from Australia

Title Variants

Alternative: Tertiary monotreme

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2588

By

Woodburne, Michael O.

Tedford, Richard H.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1975

Notes

Title from caption.

"October 17, 1975."

"Remains of a new genus and species of fossil, ornithorhynchid monotreme are described. The specimens were recovered from Miocene deposits in South Australia and are part of the Ngapakaldi and equivalent aged faunas in this region. The fossil genus represents the oldest record of the group in Australia and begins to fill a large gap in our understanding of the evolution of the Monotremata"--P. [1].

Subjects

Australia , Mammals, Fossil , Miocene , Monotremes , Obdurodon insignis , Paleontology , South Australia

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2588, 1975

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 2277433