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07-20-2018, 12:39 AM
At 99 million years old, this baby snake fossil is the first of its kind to be discovered
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Palaeontologists have found a tiny fossilized baby snake, the first of its kind to be discovered.
The snake embryo, sitting within a chunk of amber from Myanmar, was preserved in the early Late Cretaceous period approximately 99 million years ago, according to research published in Science Advances (http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/7/eaat5042.full) on Wednesday.
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It's a new species that's been named Xiaophis myanmarensis by the 11 authors, the first Mesozoic snake to be found in a forested environment, which the study's authors believe indicates a greater ecological diversity in early snakes than previously thought. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/19/fossil-snake-embryo/)
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Palaeontologists have found a tiny fossilized baby snake, the first of its kind to be discovered.
The snake embryo, sitting within a chunk of amber from Myanmar, was preserved in the early Late Cretaceous period approximately 99 million years ago, according to research published in Science Advances (http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/7/eaat5042.full) on Wednesday.
SEE ALSO: Giant, newly discovered dinosaur was literally a huge weirdo (https://mashable.com/2018/07/11/giant-dinosaur-discovery-argentina/)
It's a new species that's been named Xiaophis myanmarensis by the 11 authors, the first Mesozoic snake to be found in a forested environment, which the study's authors believe indicates a greater ecological diversity in early snakes than previously thought. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/19/fossil-snake-embryo/)
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