AN ANCIENT lizard ... the tiny skeleton has been the source of much debate. Scientists have gone back and forth over the identity of the specimen since the first study on the fossil was published ...

The tiny skeleton, unearthed from Triassic-aged rocks in a quarry near Bristol, is at least 205 million years old and the oldest modern-type lizard on record. Recently, the University of Bristol ...

A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed. The tiny skeleton ... proves that the fossil is related to modern anguimorphs ...

this newly found Nuucichthys fossil is characterized by its finless torpedo-shaped body that includes a snout-like head with anterolateral eyes. The 500-million-year-old primitive fish without ...

A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed. The tiny skeleton ... proves that the fossil is related to modern anguimorphs ...

this newly found Nuucichthys fossil is characterized by its finless torpedo-shaped body that includes a snout-like head with anterolateral eyes. The 500-million-year-old primitive fish without bones ...

Scientists say they have discovered fossils belonging to a "nightmarish" sea lizard species that hunted the oceans 66 million years ago. The creature, Khinjaria acuta, was about 26ft (8m ...

An ancient lizard fossil, renowned for its remarkable ... A closer look at the fossil also revealed tiny scales called osteoderms, which are similar to those found on the back of a crocodile.