World’s earliest python is identified from fossil remains unearthed in a German quarry
Scientists have identified the world’s earliest python from 47 million-year-old fossils recovered from a quarry in southwest Germany. Remains of the new python species, called Messelopython freyi, were discovered in Messel Pit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the German city of Darmstadt. Researchers report in a new paper that the ‘completely preserved’ species had a length … Read more