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Published: 2020-03-20 21:35:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 695; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 1
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The bird that was actually a lizard. Oculudentavis has been formally reclassified as a squamate. This small critter known by a single skull
trapped in Burmese amber made quite a fuss in the paleo-sphere as it shed light on the appalling conditions of the workers excavating the amber,
which is sold among others to paleontologists, and the benefits financing war in Burma.
Art by me, Guillaume Babey
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Funny indeed and yet darkly sobering in the context of its discovery.
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awesome, recently heard about this "is it a bird or lizard" thing
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Thank you! Indeed the morphological attributes overwhelmingly suggest a lepidosauromorph nature. ^^
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your welcome
that and we lack a body, so it is possible still
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Possible but less and less likely, the lepidosauromorph-like characterstics seem quite conclusive.But indeed we will have to wait for a more complete specimen. ^^
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hears hoping we find an amber fossil with a body missing a head
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