Australosphenida

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Translingual

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Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Etymology

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Proposed 2001. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Australosphenida

  1. A taxonomic clade within the class Mammalia – the monotremes and certain extinct species.

Usage notes

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This clade was left unranked by the proposers, who do not apply Linnaean hierarchy. It was arguably defined only in order to contain Monotremata and Ausktribosphenida.

Hyponyms

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Further reading

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