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Early Platypuses Had Strong Teeth and Powerful Jaws, Fossils Show


New fossils from the Namba Formation of South Australia reveal that 25 million years ago, Obdurodon insignis thrived in lush inland lakes alongside freshwater dolphins and other now-lost species.

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