A Reptile Platypus From the Early Triassic (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

A Reptile Platypus From the Early Triassic

Caption

Artist's impression of Eretmorhipis carrolldongi. Related to the dolphin-like ichthyosaurs, Eretmorhipis evolved in a world devastated by the mass extinction event at the end of the Permian era. Its small eyes and bill suggest that like the duckbilled platypus, it hunted by touch.

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Gianluca Danini

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