The discovery of two-headed lizard fossils in China

French and Chinese paleontologists have found fossils of a two-headed reptile living in China 150 million years ago.

The creature was discovered in Yixian, a place where many fossils are stored in northeastern China. Earlier there were also found traces of ancient birds and hairy dinosaurs.

Only about 7cm long, the tiny skeleton from this early Cretaceous showed that it was a newborn lizard with 2 heads and 2 necks. It belongs to a long-necked lizard species that lives underwater and has a length of more than 1 meter as an adult.

The growth of the second head is a malformation that is common in today's reptiles such as turtles and snakes.

Fossils of a cow close to two heads
(Photo: Newscientist)

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