A handout illustration shows a reconstruction of the Jurassic species Breugnathair elgolensis, which possessed characteristics both of lizards and snakes, and lived 167 million years ago, based on ...
A strange Jurassic lizard discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye is shaking up what we know about snake evolution. Named Breugnathair elgolensis, the “false snake of Elgol” combined hook-like, ...
A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed. The tiny skeleton, unearthed from Triassic-aged rocks in a quarry near Bristol, is ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The fossil of a small reptile that inhabited Scotland during the age of dinosaurs 167 million years ago has scientists puzzled. It mixed snake-like traits and lizard-like traits.