Lizard fossil provides missing link to show body shapes of snakes and limbless lizard

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The recent discovery of a tiny, 47 million-year-old fossil of a lizard called Cryptolacerta hassiaca provides the first anatomical evidence that the body shapes of snakes and limbless lizards evolved independently.

Published On: 19-May-11 04:14 AM
Source: ScienceDaily

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