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95-Million-Year-Old Skull Fossil Points to 'Biblical Snake' with Hind Legs
Interesting Engineering   21 November 2019   Argentina  
Raúl Orencio Gómez/Universidad de Buenos Aires
<p>A team of paleontologists discovered a wonderfully well-preserved snake skull in Argentina, shedding new light on the origin of the species. <br />From their findings, the team has deduced the snake had rear limbs and possibly evolved from giant lizards. ...
Four-legged fossil snake is a world first
Despite these legs, this is definitely a snake. "Tetrapodophis amplectus" Dave Martill, University of Portsmouth
<p>The first four-legged fossil snake ever found is forcing scientists to rethink how snakes evolved from lizards.</p> <p>Although it has four legs, Tetrapodophis amplectus has other features that clearly mark it as a snake, says Nick Longrich, a palaeontologist ...