[DOC] [TLE] Jeopary Questions page 1733 - SHIP SHAPE - TriviaBistro.com [PAR] ERAS & AGES: Kicked off by the Russians in October 1957, it's also an adjective 
meaning "shiny & modern" ... MONOTREMES: The name platypus comes from 
the Greek for "broad" this body part ... MONOTREMES: The country that's home to 
the earliest dated monotreme fossils, it's also home to the platypus. [DOC] [TLE] Creationism and the Platypus - The Talk.Origins Archive [PAR] Feb 18, 1997 ... Many creationists view the duckbilled platypus as an enigma that ... It is a 
mammal which has fur and suckles its young, but it also lays eggs, has ... the 
monotreme lineage separated from that of the other mammals. ... Following is a 
list of the platypus fossils found to date. .... Baker Book House Company. [DOC] [TLE] Monotreme - Wikipedia [PAR] Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs (Prototheria) instead of giving birth to 
live young like ... The existing monotreme species are the platypus and four 
species of echidnas. .... (the platypus along with its fossil relatives) and 
Tachyglossa (the echidnas, or spiny ... The earliest echidna found to date is 
about 13 million years. [DOC] [TLE] Platypus - Wikipedia [PAR] The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), also known as the duck-billed platypus, 
is a ... The platypus uses its tail for storage of fat reserves (an adaptation also 
found in .... It may have a range of up to 7 km (4.3 mi), with a male's home range 
... That is, monotremes lay eggs, and the eggs are similar to those of reptiles in 
that... [DOC] [TLE] Echidna - Wikipedia [PAR] Echidnas /kdn/, sometimes known as spiny anteaters, belong to the family 
Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals. The four extant 
species, together with the platypus, are the only surviving ... The echidnas' ears 
are slits on the sides of their heads that are usually unseen due to the fact that 
they... [DOC] [TLE] The paradoxical platypus - BioScience - Oxford Journals [PAR] The platypus was given its scientific name, Platypus anatinus (flat-foot duck), in 
1799 by ... In 1802, the surgeon and anatomist Sir Everard Home reported that 
the ... A fossil record would have aided these early attempts at classification. .... 
Many of the Australian quadrupeds and birds are not only peculiar to that country, 
but... [DOC] [TLE] Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus - Australian Museum [PAR] Oct 30, 2015 ... Behind its distinctive bill are the grooves that house the ear ... The skeleton of the 
Platypus is heavy and has several similarities to that of fossil and modern reptiles
. ... The species also feeds on free-swimming organisms: shrimps, ... since the 
early 1970s have shed some light on the origins of monotremes. [DOC] [TLE] The echidna enigma ... and the platypus puzzle - creation.com [PAR] While it is obvious that the hedgehog-like echidna, also known as the spiny 
anteater, ... The oldest monotreme fossils show little difference from today's 
animals,... [DOC] [TLE] Egg-laying mammal: Scientists discover that for Australia the long ... [PAR] Jan 2, 2013 ... The short-beaked echidna has fared better than its long-beaked relative. ... It is 
also considered extinct in Australia, where fossil remains from ... monotremesa 
small and primitive order of mammals that lay eggs ... The platypus, the short-
beaked echidna, and the three species of ... Fossils  Early Mammals. [DOC] [TLE] Does the platypus lay eggs? The history of an event in science [PAR] (Ornithorhynchus) and its zoological kin, the Australian and New Guinean spiny 
ant- ... platypus, it was the first time that this strange animal had been described 
as a living ..... less perfect "dried specimens" to which Everard Home contrasted 
the ... the double christening even at this early date in the history of the "platypus
... [DOC] [TLE] These 7 Animals Survived What Dinosaurs Couldn't | Huffington Post [PAR] Apr 4, 2015 ... The platypus is one of the few monotremes still in existence today. ... University of 
Texas paleontologist

Question: The country that's home to the earliest dated monotreme fossils, it's also home to the platypus
Answer: Australia