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Portuguese man accidentally uncovers a 25-metre-long dinosaur skeleton in his own backyard
abc.net.au   27 August 2022   Portugal  
Researchers recently spent 10 days examining the fossil.(Twitter: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon)
<p>A 25-metre fossilised dinosaur skeleton was the last thing a Portugal man expected to uncover in his own backyard in 2017, but now researchers believe he may have stumbled upon the largest of its kind in Europe. <br />While carrying out construction five ...
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 ...