Voltar
Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares
BIBTEX RIS

A Pleistocene spiny anteater from Tasmania (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae, Zaglossus)

1978; Volume: 112; Linguagem: Inglês

10.26749/rstpp.112.39

ISSN

0080-4703

Autores

P Murray,

Tópico(s)

Marine animal studies overview

Resumo

A partially articulated skeleton of a fossil ZagZossus from a cave located near Montagu, Tasmania, differs sufficiently from ZagZossus bruijni to warrant its assignment to another species.The Montagu specimen is probably conspecific with "Echidna (Proechidna)" robusta Dun, 1895 which includes the misnomer "Ornithorhynchus m=irrrus" Dun 1895.The Montagu fossil is also conspecific with ZagZossus harrissoni Scott and Lord, 1921, from King Island Tasmania.Echidna owenii and Echidna ramsayi are suggested to be nomina vana because they are represented by undiagnostic fragments.Comparison of the cranium and certain postcranial elements of the Montagu ZagZossus with ZagZossus bruijni reflect possible differences in feeding behavior between the two species.

Referência(s)