Thursday, 24 January 2019

Ancient reptile was like a prehistoric platypus

Eretmorhipis carrolldongi (pictured here) wasn't related to the platypus, but it was a relative of the ...

Although the modern-day platypus may seem like a real oddball of an animal, it turns out that a prehistoric reptile had some of the same key features. Like the platypus (which is a mammal, albeit one that lays eggs), Eretmorhipis carrolldongi had small eyes, four flippers, and a flexible duck-like bill.

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from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2Mv9mBM

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