Tiny Triassic Reptile Sheds Light on Early Lizard Evolution

A landscape from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil showing Cargninia enigmatica being observed by the sauropodomorph dinosaur Macrocollum itaquii. Image credit: Marcio L. Castro.

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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