Platypus teeth are so "exceedingly unique" that it's clear the new tooth is from a platypus, added Rowe, who wasn't involved in the new study. The paleontologist also said the finding reinforces that "we don't really know" a lot about the evolution of platypuses and echidna.
All rights reserved. It was bigger than any platypus known before. The team had just shaken up platypus evolution. Filling in the Gaps The ancient platypus belongs to a tiny group of egg-laying mammals called monotremes, of which only three modern species remain: the platypus and two species of echidna , all of which are found in Australia and New Guinea.
Solid Research "This seems like a solid piece of research—if I'd found it, I'd have given it a new name as well," noted Timothy Rowe , director of the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory at the University of Texas, Austin. But, he said, "we're starting to fill in some of the gaps, and that's always a happy thing. Share Tweet Email. Read This Next Wild parakeets have taken a liking to London.
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On this page Did you know? A baby platypus is called a puggle. Platypuses have teeth when they are born, but as they mature their teeth are replaced by specialised dental pads made of keratin. Keratin is a type of protein that is also found in your fingernails. Platypuses also once lived in what is now South America. Guiding questions How many extinct species of platypus have been discovered? Which body part has been most often fossilised?
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