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Pregnant "Loch Ness" Fossil May Change Thinking About Reptiles

245 million year old fossil of a pregnant dinocephalosaurus changes the scientific community’s understanding of the evolution of vertebrate reproductive systems.

Pregnant "Loch Ness" Fossil May Change Thinking About Reptiles

[DIGEST: Washington Post, National Geographic, Live Science, IFL Science]

Scientists unearthed a 245 million-year-old fossil of a pregnant prehistoric marine reptile in southwest China. The long-necked dinocephalosaurus lived millions of years before dinosaurs and may change our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate reproductive systems. The find is discussed in an article published last month in the journal Nature Communications.

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