A chance museum discovery has led paleontologists to identify a new species of ancient reptile, Sphenodraco scandentis, that ...

A chance discovery of two separated fossils has unlocked the secrets of Sphenodraco scandentis, an ancient tree-climbing ...

Scientists reveal fossil of tree-climbing reptile from Jurassic era after 90 years The fossil was first found in the 1930s in Germany’s Solnhofen limestone, famous for preserving Jurassic life ...

Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A ...

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By combing the details preserved by both fossils, Victor and a team of scientists concluded that the animal was an extinct species new to science. Sphenodraco scandentis appears to be the earliest ...

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Sphenodraco scandentis is a relative of lizards that would have climbed among the trees in ancient Jurassic forests.