First intact skull of Mediterranean worm lizard found: Skull of new species sheds light on Mediterranean worm lizard evolution
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 11:53
in Biology & Nature
The first intact skull of a Mediterranean worm lizard has been found in Spain, according to a new study. Only isolated fragments of fossil Mediterranean worm lizards have previously been found in Europe, and currently, our limited knowledge of their evolution is mainly based on molecular studies. The worm lizard is a limbless, scaled reptile and categorized in the genus Blanus in the Mediterranean.