Ancient Skye Fossil Blurs Line Between Lizards and Snakes
TL;DR
A well-preserved early parviraptorid fossil from the Middle Jurassic reveals a mosaic of snake-like and primitive squamate features, challenging simple evolutionary models and highlighting complex morphological evolution during early squamate diversification.
- Mosaic anatomy in an early fossil squamate Nature
- Fossil found on Skye is new species of fanged Jurassic reptile BBC
- New Jurassic Lizard Species Has Confusing Set of Features Seen in Snakes and Geckos Sci.News
- Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snake Live Science
- Jurassic reptile fossil discovery blurs the line between snake and lizard Phys.org
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