A 205-million-year-old fossil, Cryptovaranoides microlanius, was confirmed as the oldest modern lizard, shifting Squamata ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago and ... a co-author at the University of New South Wales who identified the previously oldest fossils, dating from 3.48 billion years ago.

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New analyses confirm that the fossil is closely related to modern anguimorphs, such as monitors and anguids. This research solidifies its place within the Squamata group, the larger reptilian order ...

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"This is where we code hundreds of anatomical features in Cryptovaranoides and other modern and fossil lizards ... Bristol reptile is indeed the world's oldest modern-type lizard." ...

“It's not only the oldest tadpole known ... The results were published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The fossil is strikingly similar to the tadpoles of today — even containing remnants ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160 million years ago. The new fossil, found in Argentina, surpasses the previous ...

“This is where we code hundreds of anatomical features in Cryptovaranoides and other modern and fossil lizards, as well as various archosauromorphs. “We ran the analysis time after time, and it gave ...