Obdurodon

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

Direct quote: "The name Obdurodon comes from the Greek for "lasting (obdurate) tooth" and was coined to distinguish extinct toothed platypuses from the essentially toothless modern species." This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Proper noun

Obdurodon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ornithorhynchidae – a fossil platypus, known from the Oligocene and Miocene of Australia.