Meet Plesiopterys wildi, the marine reptile that may have been endemic to its region and may hold the key to understanding plesiosaur evolution.

This chameleon community is not only the world ... The fossil record provides very little evidence to date the evolution of chameleons, although they are likely to be an ancient group.

The fossil, discovered in the Italian alps in 1931, was thought to be an important specimen for understanding early reptile evolution - but has now been found to be, in part a forgery. Its body ...