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This Tiny Amphibian That Outlived the Dinosaurs Provides the Earliest Example of a Rapid-Fire Tongue – Gizmodo Australia
Albanerpetontids, or “albies” for short, are the cute little salamander-like amphibians you’ve likely never heard of. Now extinct, Albies had a dream run. They’d…
Albanerpetontids, or albies for short, are the cute little salamander-like amphibians youve likely never heard of.
Now extinct, Albies had a dream run. Theyd been around since the Middle Jurassic around 165 million years ago, and probably even earlier. They lived through the age of dinosaurs (and saw out their extinction), then lived through the rise of the great apes, before quietly disappearing about 2.5 million years ago.
Albie fossils are scattered across continents, including in Japan, Morocco,…
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