The small, fossilized lizard, that has been found near Bristol, is identified as a significant find, shifting Squamata origins back by 35 million years. Challenges to its classification were ...

The findings push back the origins of the lizard-snake group called Squamata by 35 million years to at least 205 million years ago, according to Phys.org. The fossil was unearthed from Triassic ...