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Megachirella: Mother Of All Lizards – World’s Oldest Fossil Found

The world’s oldest lizard has been identified an international team of paleontologists, which includes the University of Bristol. The 240-million-year-old fossil, Megachirella wachtleri, is the most ancient ancestor of all modern lizards and snakes, known as squamates. A life scene in the Dolomites region, Northern...