Hatteria

Mesozoic group of Monotremes; hence they have the same interest in connection with the stem history of the Mammals as the living stem-reptiles (Hatteria) for that of the reptiles, and the isolated

The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876

Hence Hatteria is the phylogenetically oldest of all living reptiles, an isolated survivor from the Permian period, closely resembling the common ancestor of the Amniotes.

The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876

The living Hatteria of New Zealand (Figure 2.264) and the extinct Rhyncocephala of the Permian period (Figure 2.265) are closely related to this important stem-form; we may call them the

The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876

The lizard (Hatteria punctata = Sphenodon punctatus) of

The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876

They have characters resembling some lizards, especially the remarkable Hatteria of New Zealand, and have also some resemblances to the

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868