Name - Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw 1792)

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:215861 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Ornithorhynchus anatinus

• Ornithorhynchus agilis de Vis 1875

• Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Sh.)

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Recent Publications

• Additional evidence for interpreting the Miocene Obdurodon insignis Woodburne and Tedford, 1975, to be a fossil platypus (Ornithorhynchidae: Monotremata) and a reconsideration of the status of Ornithorhynchus agilis de Vis, 1885.

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