The oldest known lizard has reclaimed its crown clade. A contentious fossil has been re-analyzed by paleobiologists and declared the earliest known member of the lizard-snake group. The critter at the ...

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Biologists have long regarded the bony plates found in some lizards as an ancient legacy, passed down and occasionally lost.