Ornithorhynchus maximus
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| Ornithorhynchus maximus Fossil range: Late Pliocene - Late Pleistocene |
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| Ornithorhynchus maximus Dun 1895 |
Ornithorhynchus maximus was a platypus from the Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene. It looked like a very big platypus. Some scientists believe it is an aquatic version of an echidna whereas others still believe that it is a platypus.
[edit] References
- Hall, B. K., 1999, "The Paradoxical Platypus", BioScience, Vol. 49, No. 3 (Mar., 1999), pp. 211-218
