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Do you know the Echidnapus?

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Aus dem Zeitalter der Kloakentiere gibt es nur wenige Fossilienfunde. Diese sind gut 100 Millionen Jahre alt.

Today, the Australian animal world is best known for its marsupials. The cloacal animals - the platypus and the echidna - are often overshadowed. However, fossil finds now show that these animals probably played a much more prominent role 100 million years ago and were better equipped to do so.


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By Barbara Barkhausen

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Today, the Australian animal world is best known for its marsupials. The cloacal animals - the platypus and the echidna - are often overshadowed. However, fossil finds now show that these animals probably played a much more prominent role 100 million years ago and were better equipped to do so.



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