在南澳大利亚发现的古老鸟物种有牙. Ancient platypus species discovered in South Australia with teeth.

科学家在现在南澳大利亚的弗林德斯山脉发现了一种2500万年前曾与古代海豚一起游泳的鸟. Scientists discovered a 25-million-year-old platypus species with teeth that swam alongside ancient dolphins in what is now South Australia's Flinders Ranges. 弗林德斯大学的研究人员在特雷沃·沃西副教授领导下, 在20年挖掘后扩大了化石记录. Previously known only from one-and-a-half molars, researchers from Flinders University, led by Associate Professor Trevor Worthy, expanded the fossil record after two decades of excavation. 发现显示早期鱼在奥利古纪时期生活在沿海水域,挑战了关于它们的生境和进化历史的假设. The findings reveal that early platypuses lived in coastal waters during the Oligocene epoch, challenging assumptions about their habitat and evolutionary history.