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Pterodactylus antiquus, Teleosaurus, duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Subject: Pterodactylus antiquus, Teleosaurus, duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
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The book of the animal kingdom (Plate XIV) (7335346838).jpg
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Pterodactylus antiquus, Teleosaurus, duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)


An extinct Pterodactyle as it appeared in flight, the extinct Teleosaurus (on left) and two examples of the duck-billed platypus, the latter still existing in Australia and Tasmania.
Date 1910.
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7335346838
Author William Percival Westell
Full title The book of the animal kingdom. Mammals, by W. Percival Westell, F.L.S. 14 coloured & 260 plain plates chiefly from photographs of the living animals, by W. E. Berridge, F.Z.S.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_book_of_the_animal_kingdom_(Plate_XIV)_(7335346838).jpg

Pterodactylus is an extinct flying reptile genus of pterosaurs, whose members are popularly known as pterodactyls. It is currently thought to contain only a single species, Pterodactylus antiquus, the first pterosaur species to be named and identified as a flying reptile.

Teleosaurus was an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform that lived during the Middle Jurassic. It was approximately 3 metres in length.

The platypus or duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It is one of the extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth.

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