Ancient lizard-like species discovered in Australia

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It ends a decades-long mystery surrounding a rare fossil first found by a retired chicken farmer.

Scientists have identified a new species of amphibian that occupied Australia some 247 million years ago.

The retired chicken farmer had purchased a 1.6 tonne sandstone slab to fix the problem. But as he sliced through the stone's outer layers, the immortalised outline of an unknown creature revealed itself. "I was obsessed with dinosaurs... and so 12-year-old me saw that fossil on display back in 1997. And then 25 years later it became part of my PhD, which is insane," Mr Hart says.

"It's got the head and the body attached, and the fossilisation of the creature's skin and fatty tissues around the outside of its body - all of that makes this a really rare find."

 

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