Scientists discover the world's oldest snake, accustomed to living with dinosaurs, now trapped in amber

A team of researchers led by Lida Xing, paleontologist at the China Geoscience University in Beijing, discovered the tiny remains of a 100-year-old snake baby trapped in the interior of the amber in Myanmar

. Xiaophis myanmarensis, and experts believed that he lived in the middle Cretaceous period, many years before the tyrannosaurus rex market on earth. Paleontologists also claimed that it was the oldest fossil snake ever discovered in the world.

During the study, Xing badyzed amber and discovered that the skull of the fossil was absent. Other studies on the tiny fossil that measured just 5 centimeters in length revealed that there were diamond-shaped scales. Later, with the help of Michael Caldwell, a paleontologist at the University of Alberta, Xing confirms that what he has discovered is the oldest serpent fossil ever found [19659002AccordingtotheresearchersthefossilizedsnakewasanembryoornewbornwhowastrappedinamberMichaelCadwellrevealedthatthepreservedbabysnakehadvertebralbonesandalargetubeofthespinalcord

After making the surprising discovery, the researchers compared the bone structure of the fossil to a snake fossil database. inscribe themselves in the history of evolution.

Other badyzes revealed that snakes could have moved from coastal areas to forest much earlier than expected. The study report published in the journal Science Advances also states that the spinal cord of snakes has changed very little over the millions of years.

"Even though it's a baby, there are unique features of the vertebrae vertex that have never been seen before in other fossil snakes of one." Similar kind .Xiaophis inserts into the base of the family tree of snakes and into a group of snakes that look very old, "says Michael Cadwell at Live Science

Researchers think that studying more this snake fossil could help the old snake embryos. develop. Previously, Middle Cretaceous snakes were generally near waterbodies, and this new discovery clearly indicated that these reptiles lived in forest areas during this period as well.

There was about a month that an international team of researchers discovered the world's oldest frog fossil trapped in amber in Myanmar. After discovering a milestone, the researchers revealed that frogs lived in forests 99 million years ago. The research team involved in this study is now trying to understand how frogs migrated from wetlands to forests.