Science & ResearchJul 22, 2026
Exceptional brain and ecological diversity in the earliest snakes.
Understanding the ecological origin of snakes has remained a century-old challenge 1,2 , hindered by an extremely sparse early fossil record and conflicting interpretations of fossil ecologies.
Understanding the ecological origin of snakes has remained a century-old challenge 1,2 , hindered by an extremely sparse early fossil record and conflicting interpretations of fossil ecologies. Here we describe an exceptionally preserved Cretaceous fossil snake, Tametara mirim…
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