A 270-million-year-old fossil bearing a resemblance to Kermit the Frog has been identified as a new species of prehistoric amphibian.
"Combined with a lopsided smile produced by slight crushing during the preservation of the fossil, we really thought it looked like Kermit the Frog." While only the skull was discovered, researchers think Kermitops had a stoutly built salamander-like body roughly 15 to 18cm-long, though salamanders would not evolve for another 100 million years.
"Adding relatives like Kermitops into the fold is essential for fleshing out the early branches of the amphibian family tree," they said.
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