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  • Intriguing Fossil Reptile Offers Clues to the Origin of Snakes and Lizards

    Intriguing Fossil Reptile Offers Clues to the Origin of Snakes and Lizards

    Twenty years since it was found in Argentina, a fossil of a 231.4-million-year-old lepidosaur has been described in detail by palaeontologists. This animal has features place it before the split between lizards, snakes, and sphenodonts (a branch of reptiles that today only includes the strange tuatara). The fossilised skull recently underwent CT scanning, and an…