A discovery made in Brazil opened a new window to the prehistoric past of South America. Paleontologists identified the fossil of the smallest tetrapod found so far in the region: a tiny skull of just 9.5 millimetres in length that belonged to a species that inhabited the Earth approximately 240 million years ago. The research was led by specialists from the Federal University of Santa Maria, who confirmed that the specimen corresponds to a new …
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A discovery made in Brazil opened a new window to the prehistoric past of South America. Paleontologists identified the fossil of the smallest tetrapod found so far in the region: a tiny skull of just 9.5 millimetres in length that belonged to a species that inhabited the Earth approximately 240 million years ago. The research was led by specialists from the Federal University of Santa Maria, who confirmed that the specimen corresponds to a new …