Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Metatheria
Cohort: Marsupialia
Ordo: Notoryctemorphia
Familia: Notoryctidae
Genus (1 + †1): Notoryctes – †Naraboryctes
Name
Notoryctidae Ogilby, 1892: 5
References
Cat. Aust. Mammalia, p. 5.
Groves, C.P. 2005. Order Notoryctemorphia. Pp. 22 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Archer, M., Beck, R., Goot, M., Hand, S., Godthelp & Black, K. 2011. Australia's first fossil marsupial mole (Notoryctemorphia) resolves controversies about their evolution and palaeoenvironmental origins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278(1711): 1498–1506. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1943Open access
Links
Notoryctidae in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
čeština: Vakokrtovití
English: Marsupial Moles
Türkçe: Keseli köstebekgiller
Notoryctidae is a family of mammals, allying several extant and fossil species of Australia.
The group appear to have diverged from other marsupials at an early stage and are highly specialised to foraging through loose sand; the unusual features have seen the unique family placed in the taxonomic order Notoryctemorphia Aplin & Archer, 1987. The eyes and external ears are absent in the modern species, the nose is shielded and mouth reduced in size, and they use pairs of well developed claws to move beneath the sand.[1] The Australian animals resemble a species known as moles, a burrow building mammal found in other continents, and were collectively referred to as 'marsupial moles'. The regional names for the well known animals, established before their published descriptions, are used to refer to the species.
The extant notoryctid species are subterranean, and are extremely well adapted to moving through sand plains and dunes, these are the two species of genus Notoryctes Stirling, 1891.[1] The animals are known as itjaritjari, species N. typhlops, and kakarratul, a name for species N. caurinus.[1]
A fossil species in a new genus was published as Naraboryctes Archer et al. 2010. A new diagnosis for Notoryctidae was also provided in the species first description, as a consequence of the discovery a fossil species of the family.[1]
The dental formula is I1-5/1-3, C1/1, P1-3/1-3, M1-4/1-4.[1]
References
Archer, M. (2011-05-22). "Australia's first fossil marsupial mole (Notoryctemorphia) resolves controversies about their evolution and palaeoenvironmental origins". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 278 (1711): 1498–1506. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1943. PMC 3081751. PMID 21047857.
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