Fossil shows reptile species' aquatic transition
- Posted on August 11, 2026
- By The China Daily
- 0 Views
- 1 min read
In brief
Generating AI summary…
Fossil shows reptile species' aquatic transition
Chinese scientists have identified a 244-million-year-old reptile fossil from Southwest China's Yunnan province as the earliest known archosauromorph that was highly adapted to life in water, providing the first clear evidence that some early members of the evolutionary group had become almost completely aquatic.
