Platypuses Roamed with the Dinosaurs!

When the first platypus furs were brought to Europe, people thought that duck bills had been glued to the skins. The platypuses and the four current echidna species are the only living "monotremes," mammals with reptilian traits as they lay eggs and have a cloaca and three bones in the should... [ read more >> ]

Platypus searching for food on the bottom of the water using its electrosensitive bill

CT scans of the skull of Teinolophos

Image comment: CT scans of the skull of Teinolophos
Image credits: Timothy Rowe

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CT scans of the skull of Teinolophos