Georgios L. Georgalis et al. 2024. The world’s largest worm lizard: a new giant trogonophid (Squamata: Amphisbaenia) with extreme dental adaptations from the Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia. Zoological ...

Researchers in Tunisia found the largest “worm lizard” that has ever lived with a feeding strategy that has remained consistent for millions of years. The recently identified ...

The newly discovered worm lizard species is the largest in the world. Presumably, the animals fed mainly on snails 50 million years ago. Credit: Jaime Chirinos Researchers discover 50-million-year-old ...

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A groundbreaking fossil discovery in remote South Australia sheds light on one of evolution's greatest mysteries: the origins of Ecdysozoa, a ...

Paleontologists have discovered the world's largest worm lizard. The fossil was found south of the Mediterranean Sea in the arid landscape of Tunisia. Researchers managed to dig up only the jaw of an ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a new fossil worm lizard species in Tunisia. Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi is the largest known species of the Amphisbaenia group ...