France Fossil Pushes Crocodile Lizard Origins 30 Million Years Earlier
An 83-million-year-old crocodile lizard jaw from Villeveyrac, France, is the oldest European pan-shinisaur record and pushes their European origin back by about 30 million years, linking the lineage to the modern endangered Chinese crocodile lizard and implying a once-widespread, semi-aquatic predator in Late Cretaceous Europe.