Today, lepidosaurs -- the reptile group that includes lizards, snakes and New Zealand’s tuatara -- are among the most diverse vertebrates on Earth, but their earliest evolutionary history remains poorly understood.

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180 millions d'années sous nos pieds. Un fossile d'ichtyosaure colossal vient d'être mis au jour en Angleterre, et il redessine ce que l'on croyait savoir sur ces reptiles marins préhistoriques. Une découverte qui a fait trembler le monde de la paléontologie britannique. 

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of pan-shinisaur lizard from a partial upper jaw discovered in southern France, pushing the presence of its lineage in Europe back by at least 30 million years.

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