After Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska, 2001, Luo, Kielan-Jaworowska & Cifelli, 2002, Rauhut, Martin, Ortiz-Jaureguizar & Puerta, 2002, and Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004
<==o Australophenida Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska, 2001 [incl. Monotremata and Ausktribosphenida] |-- †Asfaltomylos patagonicus Rauhut, Martin, Ortiz-Jaureguizar & Puerta, 2002 `--+-- †Ambondro mahabo Flynn, Parrish, Rakotosamimanana, Simpson & Wyss, 1999 `--+--o †Ausktribosphenida Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska, 2001 | `--o †Ausktribosphenidae Rich, Vickers-Rich, Constantine, Flannety, Kool, van Klaveren, 1997 | |?- †Bishops whitmorei Rich, Flannery, Trusler, Kool, van Klaveren & Vickers-Rich, 2001 | `-- †Ausktribosphenos nyktos Rich, Vickers-Rich, Constantine, Flannety, Kool, van Klaveren, 1997 `--o Monotremata C.L. Bonaparte, 1837 sensu Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska, 2001 [Prototheria Gill] (nokkaeläimet) [Incl. Tachyglossidae??] |?- †Kollikodon ritchiei Flannery, Archer, Rich & Jones, 1995 [Kollikodontidae Flannery, Archer, Rich & Jones, 1995] |--o Platypoda Gill, 1872 | `--o Ornithorhynchidae Gray, 1825 [incl. Steropodontidae Archer, Flannery, Ritchie & Molnar, 1985] (platypuses; vesinokkaeläimet) | |-- †Teinolophos trusleri Rich, Vickers-Rich, Constantine, Flannery, Kool & van Klaveren, 1999; E.Cret. S.Aust. | `--+-- †Monotrematum sudamericanum Pascual, Archer, Ortiz Jaureguizar, Prado, Godthelp & Hand, 1992 in Augee et al., 1992; E.Pal. SAm. | `--+-- †Steropodon galmani Archer, Flannery, Ritchie & Molnar, 1985; L.Cret. Aust. | `--+--o †Obdurodon Woodburne & Tedford, 1975 | | |-- †O. insignis Woodburne & Tedford, 1975 | | `-- †O. dicksoni Archer, Jenkins, Hand, Murray & Godthelp, 1992 | `--o Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800 [taxonomic history] | |-- †O. maximus Dun, 1895 [taxonomic history] | `-- O. anatinus (Shaw, 1799) Blumenbach, 1800 (platypus; vesinokkaeläin) [taxonomic history] `--o Tachyglossa Gill, 1872 |?- †Kryoryctes cadburyi Pridmore, Rich, Vickers-Rich & Gambaryan, 2005 `--o Tachyglossidae Gill, 1872 (echidnas; nokkasiilit) |--o Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) (“lyhytnokkasiili”) [taxonomic history] | |-- T. a. aculaetus (Shaw, 1792) (“lyhytnokkasiili”) | `-- T. a. setosus (Geoffroy, 1803) (“tasmanianlyhytnokkasiili”) `--o Zaglossus Gill, 1877 [taxonomic history] |?- †Z. owenii [taxonomic history] |-- †Z. ramsayi Owen, 1884 [taxonomic history] |-- †Z. robusta Dun, 1895 [taxonomic history] |?- †Z. hacketti (Glauert, 1914) |?- †Z. harrisoni Scott & Lord, 1922 |-- Z. attenboroughi Flannery & Groves, 1998 (Sir David's long-beaked echidna) |--o Z. bartoni (Thomas, 1907) (Eastern long-beaked echidna) | |-- Z. b. bartoni | |-- Z. b. clunius | |-- Z. b. smeenki | `-- Z. b. diamondi `-- Z. bruijni (Peters & Doria, 1876) ( Western long-beaked echidna; “pitkänokkasiili”) [taxonomic history]
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