| Obdurodon | |
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| An artist's illustration of Obdurodon tharalkooschild | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Monotremata |
| Family: | Ornithorhynchidae |
| Genus: | †Obdurodon |
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Obdurodon is a large platypus, and, unlike other monotremes, might've been able to eat plants, due to it having molars. They were also extremely large, similar to the giant echidnas Zaglossus hacketti and Zaglossus robustus.
Species[]
Obdurodon dicksoni[]
The skull of "Obdurodon dicksoni"
Obdurodon insignis[]
Discovered in 1975 by Mike O. Woodburne and Dick H. Tedford at Etudunna Formation in the desert of Tirari. The holotype is an inferior left molar and is kept in the South Australia's Museum, Adelaide. The tooth has six roots. There also have been found M2 with four roots and fragments of jawbone and pelvis. Obdurodon insignis had one more canine tooth (NC1) than its ancestor Steropodon galmani. Its beak must have been proportionally smaller than the one of Obdurodon dicksoni.
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