A strange Jurassic lizard discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye is shaking up what we know about snake evolution. Named Breugnathair elgolensis, the “false snake of Elgol” combined hook-like, ...
The fossil of a previously unknown reptile that had snake-like fangs and lived about 167 million years ago has been discovered on Skye. Experts said their research had revealed it to be a new species ...
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167-million-year-old fossil of Breugnathair elgolensis reveals how snakes first evolved from lizards
The origins of snakes have baffled scientists for decades. How did these limbless, slithering predators evolve from their distant lizard ancestors? A remarkable discovery on the Isle of Skye, Scotland ...
New research moves back the moment of the radiation of squamates -- the group of reptiles that includes lizards, snakes and worm lizards -- to the Jurassic, a long time before current estimates. New ...
New research published today in eLife by researchers from the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and the University of Bristol (UB) moves back the moment of the radiation of ...
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