Megalibgwilia
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phylum | Chordata | Megalibgwilia is a genus of echidna known only from Australian fossils that incorporates the oldest known echidna species. It lived during the Pleistocene, becoming extinct about 50,000 years ago. Megalibgwiliawas first described from a broken left humerus by Richard Owen when he identified M. ramsayiin 1884. Complete skulls and postcranial fossils have since been described. A second species, M. robusta, was described in 1896 by Australian paleontologist William Sutherland Dun.
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class | Mammalia | |
order | Monotremata | |
family | Tachyglossidae | |
genus | †Megalibgwilia |