Obdurodon
Extinct genus of monotremes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Obdurodon is a genus of extinct platypus-like Australian monotreme which lived from the Late Oligocene to the Late Miocene. Three species have been described in the genus, the type species Obdurodon insignis, plus Obdurodon dicksoni and Obdurodon tharalkooschild. The species appeared much like their modern day relative the platypus, except adults retained their molar teeth, and unlike the platypus, which forages on the lakebed, they may have foraged in the water column or surface.
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Obdurodon | |
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Obdurodon dicksoni skull at the American Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Monotremata |
Family: | Ornithorhynchidae |
Genus: | †Obdurodon Woodburne & Tedford 1975[1] |
Type species | |
Obdurodon insignis | |
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