AN ANCIENT lizard dating back 205million years has been confirmed to be the “world’s oldest” in a fresh study. The fossilised ...

A tiny skeleton became the subject of a big debate as scientists went back and forth over the identity of a reptile retrieved ...

After much debate between scientists, a small skeleton found in a quarry near Bristol has been identified as the world’s ...

Discovered in a quarry near Bristol, this 205-million-year-old fossil is the oldest modern-type lizard ever found.

A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed.

In 2022, researchers at the University of Bristol described Cryptovaranoides microlanius as the oldest crown squamate, lizard ...

In a recent paper, scientists unveiled a novel method to control quantum interactions between light and matter, where light ...

In the original study, Dr. David Whiteside, Dr. Sofia Chambi-Trowell and Professor Mike Benton, named the little critter Cryptovaranoides microlanius, meaning "hidden lizard, small butcher ...

A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed.

In the original study, Dr David Whiteside, Dr Sofia Chambi-Trowell and Professor Mike Benton, named the little critter Cryptovaranoides microlanius, meaning 'hidden lizard, small butcher' because ...

Professor Benton said: “We were therefore surprised, perhaps even shocked, that in 2023 another team of academics suggested that Cryptovaranoides was not a lizard or even a lizard relative, but in ...

This ancient lizard was a fearsome predator in its time. In the original 2022 study, the fossil species was named Cryptovaranoides microlanius, which means "hidden lizard, small butcher." ...