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Three new species of monotremes have been found in 100-million-year-old rocks in Australia .
The new species were found in fossil teeth and jaws found in the Lightning Ridge opal fields in New South Wales .
One of the newfound species, Opalios splendens, earned the nickname “echidnapus” for its mix of features found in modern echidnas and platypuses.
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