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First example of rapid-fire tongue found in ‘weird and wonderful’ extinct amphibians – ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Fossils of bizarre armored amphibians known as albanerpetontids provide the oldest evidence for a slingshot-style tongue, new scientific study shows. Despite having lizard-like claws, scales and tails, albanerpetontids – mercifully called “albies” for short – were amphibians, not reptiles. Their lineage was different from today’s frogs, salamanders and caecilians …

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