Obdurodon

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Obdurodon is a genus of extinct platypus-like Australian monotreme which lived from the Late Oligocene to the Early Pleistocene. Three species have been described in the genus, the type species Obdurodon insignis, plus Obdurodon dicksoni and Obdurodon tharalkooschild. Obdurodon 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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