Unique Fossil of Juvenile Pleurosaurus Unearthed in Germany

Aug 1, 2025 - 16:45
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Unique Fossil of Juvenile Pleurosaurus Unearthed in Germany
Pleurosaurus, a remarkable, long-bodied swimming rhynchocephalian that lived during the Late Jurassic epoch, some 150 million years ago, in what is now Germany. Image credit: Roberto Ochoa.

Rhynchocephalians -- members of a sister group of squamates (lizards, snakes, and worm lizards) that includes the living tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) -- from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Archipelago have been known for almost two centuries.

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