{"id":324,"date":"2020-11-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/?p=324"},"modified":"2021-06-10T11:47:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T10:47:00","slug":"9-the-platypus-larger-cousin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/?p=324","title":{"rendered":"9- The Platypus\u2019 Larger Cousin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: 9- The Platypus\u2019 Larger Cousin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/09Y7DjfYwXXbRAQfZ8BSjG\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re all familiar with the platypus, but it still has surprises up its sleeve. On the podcast today, we get to know its bumper-sized cousin-<em> Obdurodon tharalkooschild<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sources for this episode: 1) Pian, R., Archer, M. And Hand, S. J. (2013), A new, giant platypus, <em>Obdurodon tharalkooschild<\/em>, sp. nov. (Monotremata, Ornithorhynchidae), from the Riversleigh, World Heritage Area, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(6): 1255- 1259. 2)Dell\u2019Amore, C., National Geographic (2013), Giant Platypus Found, Shakes Up Evolutionary Tree (online) [Accessed 17\/11\/2020, 11:36 am].<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re all familiar with the platypus, but it still has surprises up its sleeve. On the podcast today, we get to know its bumper-sized cousin- Obdurodon tharalkooschild. Sources for this episode: 1) Pian, R., Archer, M. And Hand, S. J. (2013), A new, giant platypus, Obdurodon tharalkooschild, sp. nov. (Monotremata, Ornithorhynchidae), from the Riversleigh, World &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/?p=324\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;9- The Platypus\u2019 Larger Cousin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}