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Lizards and snakes are 35 million years older than we thought

Lizards are ancient creatures. They were around before the dinosaurs and persisted long after dinosaurs went extinct. We’ve now found they are 35 million years older than we thought they were. Cryptovaranoides microlanius was a tiny lizard that skittered around what is now southern England during the late Triassic, around 205 million years ago. It […]

December 6, 2024 | Biology, fossils, lizards, paleontology, reptiles, Science | No comments

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