4-Legged Fossil Snake Is a World First - Scientific American

The first four-legged fossil snake ever found is forcing scientists to rethink how snakes evolved from lizards. Although it has four legs, Tetrapodophis amplectus has other features that clearly ... Read More

Fossil of a 4-Legged Snake Found in Brazil - NDTV.com

A fossil of a four-legged snake uncovered in Brazil has shed new light on the origins of snakes as land burrowers, not sea creatures, a study said Thursday. Read More

Scientists Find 4-Legged Snake Fossil - The Daily Beast

A fossil of what appears to be a four-legged snake found in Brazil may shed new light on evolution—if it really is a snake after all. The creature, dubbed Tetrapodophis amplectus (or four-footed ... Read More

Author of 4-legged-snake paper defies Brazilian fossil laws

The publication of a paper by researchers in Europe describing a Brazilian four-legged-snake fossil in Science this week has sparked controversy and angered many in the Brazilian paleontological ... Read More

A fossil of a snake-like lizard generates controversy beyond its identity

With four tiny legs and an extraordinarily long body, a fossil of the snake-like lizard Tetrapodophis amplectus has created controversy. Credit: Julius Csotonyi More than 120 million years ago in what ... Read More

Brazil Would Like Its Four Legged Snake Fossil Back - Gizmodo

Remember that adorable (horrifying?) four legged snake fossil that made such a sensation last month? Well, not everyone’s tickled pink about it. Brazilian officials suspect the fossil was stolen ... Read More

Fossil of four-legged snake sparks controversy in the ... - Fox News

This missing link fossil, which dates back between 110 to 125 million years, is the first ever snake discovered with four legs and could to be the ancestor from which boa constrictors ... Read More

4-legged 'snake' fossil is actually a different ancient animal, new ...

A new study claims that a fossil previously believed to be the first known four-legged snake is actually more lizard-like than serpentine. Read More

New study debunks controversial 2015 fossil find: It’s not a four ...

New study debunks controversial 2015 fossil find: It’s not a four-limbed snake after all Its anatomy is consistent with that of extinct marine lizards known as dolichosaurs. Read More

Investigating the Four-legged Snake Fossil | The Scientist

Paleobiologist David Martill from the University of Portsmouth in the U.K. found the four-legged snake fossil in Solnhofen, Germany’s Bürgermeister Müller Museum in 2012; the relic was apparently ... Read More

A fossil of a snake-like lizard has generated controversy beyond its ...

In 2015, a published article described the fossil of a four-legged snake. New research has revealed that it is in fact a lizard, and the fossil is the centre of a scientific ethics debate. Read More

Snake-stampede? Yes, they had legs | Herald Sun

A fossil of a four-legged snake uncovered in Brazil has shed new light on the origins of snakes as land burrowers, not sea creatures, a study said Thursday. Read More