Digging into the origin of #lizards: Middle #Triassic fossil shows only one of three predicted ancestral traits https://phys.org/news/2025-09-lizards-ancient-fossil-ancestral-traits.html #paleoart by @BobNicholls

The oldest known #lepidosaur and origins of lepidosaur feeding adaptations https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09496-9

"A new fossil from #Devon reveals what the oldest members of the lizard group looked like... it possesses some spectacularly large teeth compared to its closest relatives"