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Monotremata (monotreme)
Taxonomy
Monotremata was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ovovivipara by Bonaparte (1850); to Ornithodelphia by McKenna (1975); to Prototheria by Huxley (1880), Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Gregory (1910), Woodburne and Tedford (1975), Murray (1978), Carroll (1988), Griffiths et al. (1991) and Nowak (1991); to Marsupionta by Kirsch and Mayer (1998); to Mammalia by Archer et al. (1985), Wible (1991) and Rich et al. (2001); to Australosphenida by Luo et al. (2001) and Rauhut et al. (2002); to Yinotheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Mammalia by Rowe et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Ovovivipara by Bonaparte (1850); to Ornithodelphia by McKenna (1975); to Prototheria by Huxley (1880), Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Gregory (1910), Woodburne and Tedford (1975), Murray (1978), Carroll (1988), Griffiths et al. (1991) and Nowak (1991); to Marsupionta by Kirsch and Mayer (1998); to Mammalia by Archer et al. (1985), Wible (1991) and Rich et al. (2001); to Australosphenida by Luo et al. (2001) and Rauhut et al. (2002); to Yinotheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Mammalia by Rowe et al. (2008).
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1838 | Monotremata Bonaparte |
| 1850 | Monotremata Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1880 | Monotremata Huxley p. 653 |
| 1883 | Monotremata Flower p. 183 |
| 1891 | Monotremata Flower and Lydekker p. 88 |
| 1910 | Monotremata Gregory p. 464 |
| 1975 | Monotremata McKenna p. 40 |
| 1975 | Monotremata Woodburne and Tedford p. 3 |
| 1978 | Monotremata Murray p. 41 |
| 1985 | Monotremata Archer et al. p. 364 |
| 1988 | Monotremata Carroll |
| 1991 | Monotremata Griffiths et al. p. 90 |
| 1991 | Monotremata Nowak |
| 1991 | Monotremata Wible |
| 1998 | Monotremata Kirsch and Mayer p. 1234 |
| 2001 | Monotremata Luo et al. p. 56 |
| 2001 | Monotremata Rich et al. p. 114 |
| 2002 | Monotremata Rauhut et al. |
| 2004 | Monotremata Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 206-210 |
| 2008 | Monotremata Rowe et al. p. 1241 |
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