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Diets of early lizards and snakes were more varied and advanced, study – Tech Explorist
New research has revealed that the diets of early lizards and snakes, which lived alongside dinosaurs around 100 million years ago, were more varied and advanced…
Squamates (lizards and snakes) are highly successful modern vertebrates, with over 10,000 species. With a long history, dating back to at least 240 million years ago- they show increasing species richness in the Late Cretaceous (84 Ma) and early Paleogene (6655 Ma).
A recent study by the University of Bristol shed light on the diets of these Squamates. Scientists found that the diets of early lizards and snakes were more varied and advanced than previously thought.
Scientists studied 220 Mesozoic…
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