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280-Million-Year-Old Reptiles' Last Meal Preserved

• Discovery News
Scientists have just found insect parts stuck between the teeth of two Paleozoic reptiles. This strongly suggests that the pre-Dinosaur Era equivalent of today's lizards feasted on insects, and it's the first known evidence for this behavior among vertebrates.

The prehistoric reptiles represent a new, as of yet unnamed, species that lived 280 million years ago.

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