At 99 million years old, this baby snake fossil is the first of its kind to be discovered
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 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./ (left) the snake skeleton within the amber. (middle) a dorsal view of skeleton, ...
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