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Extinct 'Godzilla' platypus found in Australia. An artistâs impression of a newly discovered species of an extinct platypus, Obdurodon tharalkooschild, discovered in Queensland and a photo (inset) showing the tooth of the platypus. (AAP)
The history of the origin of the Platypus's name is an interesting one. The aborigine people, the first inhabitants of Australia, called them by a number of names such as dulaiwarrung, tambreet and mallangong. The first white explorers and settlers called it a duckmole, watermole and duckbill.