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 ...

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

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

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

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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." ...