New analysis determines ancient polar sea reptile fossil is oldest ever found in Southern Hemisphere
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Jun 17, 2024, 11:00 am73 ptsPHYSorg
An international team of scientists has identified the oldest fossil of a sea-going reptile from the Southern Hemisphere—a nothosaur vertebra found on New Zealand's South Island. 246 million years ago, at the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs, New Zealand was located on the southern polar coast of a vast…
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