Sam Houston State University Professor's Research Leads to 'Weird And Wonderful' Discovery
November 07, 2020
November 07, 2020
HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Nov. 7 (TNSRes) -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news on Nov. 6:
Fossils of bizarre, armored amphibians known as albanerpetontids provide the oldest evidence of a slingshot-style tongue, a new Science study shows.
Despite having lizardlike claws, scales and tails, albanerpetontids - mercifully called "albies" for short - were amphibians, not reptiles. Their lineage was distinct from today's frogs, salamanders and cae . . .
Fossils of bizarre, armored amphibians known as albanerpetontids provide the oldest evidence of a slingshot-style tongue, a new Science study shows.
Despite having lizardlike claws, scales and tails, albanerpetontids - mercifully called "albies" for short - were amphibians, not reptiles. Their lineage was distinct from today's frogs, salamanders and cae . . .