Paleontology: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Oculudentavis!

Curr Biol. 2021 Aug 9;31(15):R950-R952. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.017.

Abstract

Few animals have experienced such jarring taxonomic whiplash as has Oculudentavis, a tiny tetrapod preserved in amber. A new specimen of this perplexing lineage now shows that it is a lizard unlike any ever discovered.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Amber*
  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Paleontology*

Substances

  • Amber