If you know what this is, you'll be just as excited about it as I am.
Minor quibbles aside, this is yet another detailed, thoughtful study arguing that liplessness is not the default for fossil reptiles, and the absence of studies arguing contrarily is noticeable. It's looking more and more likely that just a handful of specialised reptile clades had exposed teeth.
A glance into the garden revealed some awesome natural history unfolding mere metres away.
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