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Zaglossus robustus

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Zaglossus robustus is an extinct species of long-beaked echidna known from the middle Miocene (about 13 or 14 million years ago) of Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia. [1]

13 relations: Animal, Chordate, Echidna, Extinction, Gulgong, Humerus, Long-beaked echidna, Mammal, Megalibgwilia, Miocene, Monotreme, Platypus, Species.

Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Echidna

Echidnas, sometimes known as spiny anteaters, belong to the family Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals.

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Extinction

In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.

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Gulgong

Gulgong is a 19th-century gold rush town in the Central Tablelands and the wider Central West regions of the Australian state of New South Wales.

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Humerus

The humerus (plural: humeri) is a long bone in the arm or forelimb that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.

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Long-beaked echidna

The long-beaked echidnas (genus Zaglossus) make up one of the two extant genera of echidnas, spiny monotremes that live in New Guinea.

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Mammal

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

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Megalibgwilia

Megalibgwilia is a genus of echidna known only from Australian fossils that incorporates the oldest known echidna species.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Monotreme

Monotremes are one of the three main groups of living mammals, along with placentals (Eutheria) and marsupials (Metatheria).

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Platypus

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Ornithorhynchus maximus, Zaglossus robustus (extinct).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaglossus_robustus

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