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Bookmark or Share- A four-legged snake from the Early Cretaceous of Gondwana | Science - AAASTetrapodophis exhibits adaptations for carnivory, including recurved claw-like teeth to seize large prey and an intramandibular joint allowing the gape to expand to swallow large prey. Along with the presence of a vertebrate in the gut, these feature show that Tetrapodophis preyed on vertebrates.
- Four-legged snake fossil stuns scientists—and ignites controversy - AAAS23 Jul 2015. By Sid Perkins. Tetrapodophis (artist’s representation) is the first known snake known to have four limbs. Julius T. Csotonyi. Share: Scientists have described what they say is the first known fossil of a four-legged snake. The limbs of the 120-or-so-million-year-old, 20-centimeter-long creature are remarkably well preserved and ...
- Famous Discovery of Four-Legged Snake Fossil Turns Out ... - ScienceAlertAccording to a new analysis of the remains, Tetrapodophis (from the Greek, meaning "four-legged snake") is not a snake at all, but a species of extinct marine lizard that lived over 110 million years ago.
- Tetrapodophis - WikipediaTetrapodophis (Greek meaning "four-footed snake") is an extinct genus of lizard from the Early Cretaceous aged Crato Formation of Brazil. It has an elongate snake-like body, with four limbs. Tetrapodophis has been considered by some authors to be one of the oldest members of Ophidia (snakes and their extinct relatives).
- Four-legged fossil snake is a world first | NatureTetrapodophis amplectus: the ‘four-legged hugging snake’. Credit: Dave Martill/University of Portsmouth. The first four-legged fossil snake ever found is forcing scientists to rethink how ...
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