Tag Archive for 'Lightning Ridge'

Six monotremes living in the same place at the same time, 100 million years ago at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia; clockwise from lower left: Opalios splendens; Stirtodon elizabethae, the largest monotreme of the time; Kollikodon ritchiei, with hot-cross-bun shaped molars; Steropodon galmani, now known from additional opalized fossils; Parvopalus clytiei, the smallest monotreme of the time; and Dharragarra aurora, the earliest known species of platypus. Image credit: Peter Schouten.

Three New Species of Fossil Monotremes Found in Australia

May 26, 2024 by News Staff

The three newly-identified species show combinations of features not previously seen before in other living or fossil monotremes, according to Professor...

An artist’s impression of Weewarrasaurus pobeni. Image credit: James Kuether.

New Dinosaur Species Discovered in Australia: Weewarrasaurus pobeni

Dec 6, 2018 by News Staff

Paleontologists in Australia have found a fossil fragment from a new species of ornithopod dinosaur that walked the Earth approximately 100 million years...