Lepidosaurs were reptiles closely related to lizards, snakes and tuatara, and roamed the planet during the Middle Triassic period. The two skull fossils, unearthed in Germany, were dated using a technique known as a ‘molecular clock’ and were found to predate all other lepidosaur records by 12 million years. The fossils are most closely related to the tuatara, a lizard-like reptile endemic to New Zealand and the sole survivors of a group that was once as globally widespread as lizards are today.
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This skull fossil was found in a mudstone layer at the top of the Untere Graue Mergel of the Lower Keuper, Vellberg, Germany. Scale bar – 1 mm.
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This skull fossil was found in a mudstone layer at the top of the Untere Graue Mergel of the Lower Keuper, Vellberg, Germany. Scale bar – 1 mm.
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