Monotremata (subclass)

Esquema

Getty AAT: Living organisms

Jerarquía

Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class)

Descripción

Refers to an egg-laying mammalian order four species classified in two suborders, extant members are the duck-billed platypus and the two species of echidna. Probably split from the lineage leading to other mammals in the Mesozoic.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300310303

Otros términos

  • monotremes [en]
  • monotreme [en]