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Four-legged snake fossil found
Science Daily ^
| July 23, 2015
Posted on 07/23/2015 12:12:45 PM PDT by sparklite2
An "absolutely exquisite" fossil of a snake that had four legs has been discovered by a team of scientists and may help show how snakes made the transition from lizards to serpents.
It is the first known fossil of a four-legged snake, and the team -- led by Dr Dave Martill from the University of Portsmouth -- say that this discovery could help scientists to understand how snakes lost their legs.
Dr Martill said: "It is generally accepted that snakes evolved from lizards at some point in the distant past. What scientists don't know yet is when they evolved, why they evolved, and what type of lizard they evolved from. This fossil answers some very important questions, for example it now seems clear to us that snakes evolved from burrowing lizards, not from marine lizards."
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KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; paleontology
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To: Red Badger
There are legless lizards that are not snakes, though................ I've seen those. But I keep telling the folks that have them to stop cutting off their legs.
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posted on
07/23/2015 12:45:09 PM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: Happy Rain
Was thinking it was Hillary’s first shed.
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posted on
07/23/2015 12:46:56 PM PDT
by
Roos_Girl
(The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
07/23/2015 12:47:41 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: rjsimmon
I find them in my yard all the time. I tell my wife that they are harmless lizards and not snakes, but she kills them anyways....................
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posted on
07/23/2015 12:49:40 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: sparklite2
Must of been a very short snake.
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posted on
07/23/2015 1:11:47 PM PDT
by
Pietro
To: sparklite2
Someday they’ll find out where two-legged snakes come from.
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posted on
07/23/2015 1:15:29 PM PDT
by
SuzyQue
To: SuzyQue
Some of them come from Kenya.
Obviously.
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posted on
07/23/2015 1:34:24 PM PDT
by
John Valentine
(Deep in the Heart of Texas)
To: sparklite2
James Carville predecessor?
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posted on
07/23/2015 1:37:55 PM PDT
by
Cyman
(We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
To: hosepipe
Hundreds of them..................
Maybe thousands....
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posted on
07/23/2015 1:39:51 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.)
To: sparklite2
If it has legs, how can it be a snake?
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posted on
07/23/2015 1:45:02 PM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: sparklite2
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posted on
07/23/2015 1:48:38 PM PDT
by
jagusafr
To: Osage Orange
Ted needs some comedy writers... especially this election..
No lack of material..
Most good comedy is outlined by PAIN.....
Proper zingers in the right spot.. are “ GOLD “...
problem is Ted’s voters only vote ONCE....
Hellarys voters vote multiple times..
GOT to be some good humor to come from that..
Ted could do some YouTubes like JayWalking.. i.e. Leno
video of Hellary voters.. then pick the most humourous ones..
say.... “Ted Cruzin’ thru town “... in episodes.. in various “town’s”..
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posted on
07/23/2015 1:50:12 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: hosepipe
What wrong thread?.. I’m talking about lizards..
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posted on
07/23/2015 1:51:46 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: katana
I see hips and prey would never be that intact so close to the cloaca.
Snakes still possess vestigal hind legs.
The males use the spurs that grow from them during mating.
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posted on
07/23/2015 2:20:56 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(We're ALL Dixie, now.)
To: Salamander
The skink certainly looks like a lizard becoming a snake.
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posted on
07/23/2015 2:39:02 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: hosepipe
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posted on
07/23/2015 2:44:26 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.)
To: Osage Orange
Yeah... like that..
Only with more impact..
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posted on
07/23/2015 3:43:36 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: hosepipe
Bring it on!!
It's just about getting it out there....
As they say getting it viral...!!!
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posted on
07/23/2015 3:47:52 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.)
To: Osage Orange
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posted on
07/23/2015 4:14:40 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: sparklite2
“Four-legged snake fossil found."
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