Size: Length (head to tail): 60cm Description: The Riversleigh Platypus looked similar to today's Platypus but was slightly larger, with a much larger bill. This species was named destructor because of the damage its burrowing can cause in farm dam walls and levee banks.
Description of the skull and non-vestigial dentition of a Miocene platypus (Obdurodon dicksoni n. Its skull is one of the most perfect fossils known from the area. anatinus and a seemingly well-developed trigeminal nerve, similar to the extant platypus (4–6). The Obdurodon Dicksoni's diet included; Insect larvae, Yabbies and other small crustaceans, but maybe small vertabrate animals like Frogs and Fish. The image of the freshwater crayfish was sent to the Australian museum for identification.
Introduction. The well developed rooted teeth could of let the Obdurodon Dickson eat larger living animals. The prehistoric platypus Obdurodon used to count as one of the exceptions to the rule that every modern creature had a plus-sized ancestor lurking millions of years back in its family tree: this monotreme (mammalian egg layer) was about the same size as its modern playtpus relatives, but its bill was comparably broad and flat and (here's the … Obdurodon probably fed on insect larvae, yabbies and other crustaceans, and perhaps small vertebrates such as frogs and fish. Two species are currently described, the late Oligocene Obdurodon insignis Woodburne and Tedford, 1975, from the Etadunna and Namba formations in central Australia, and the early to middle Miocene Obdurodon dicksoni Archer, Jenkins, Hand, Murray, and Godthelp, 1992, … Fossil platypus Size Range 20cm long (head to tail tip).
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The tooth was discovered in 2012 by a team from the University of New South Wales including Mike Archer, Suzanne Hand, and Rebecca Pian.. Obdurodon dicksoni is an extinct species of ornithorhynchid monotreme discovered in Australia. The animal is known from Riversleigh fossils and is thought to have existed in the early to mid Miocene era, inhabiting pools and streams of freshwater in a rainforest … Augee (ed.). The Obdurodon Dicksoni's diet included; Insect larvae, Yabbies and other small crustaceans, but maybe small vertabrate animals like Frogs and Fish. From the size of the jaw, it is estimated that the living animal was about the size of a cat, making it one of the largest Mesozoic ... and H. Godthelp.
from Riversleigh, Australia, and the problem of monotreme origins. INTRODUCTION. Older Obdurodon species are known from central Australia. The size range of the prehistoric animal is 60cm long from the head to the tail. sp.) Species of the genus Obdurodon were the first known premodern taxa of the platypus family Ornithorhynchidae. Platypus and Echidnas. The size range of the prehistoric animal is 60cm long from the head to the tail. Apr 29, 2017 - Obdurodon dicksoni - by Heinrich Harder. The well developed rooted teeth could of let the Obdurodon Dickson eat larger living animals.