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7 October 2026

Fossil of 'platypus-like' animal from dinosaur era unearthed in China

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Fossil of 'platypus-like' animal from dinosaur era unearthed in China

Scientists have found the earliest-known fossil of a mammal-like animal that lived more than 160 million years ago in the mid-Jurassic period and may have hunted fish and salamander.

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