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Patrick Pester

Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snake

An illustration of Breugnathair elgolensis with its mouth open, showing hooked, snake-like teeth. .

The fossilized skeleton of a Jurassic reptile that appears to be part lizard, part snake, has been unearthed on Scotland's Isle of Skye.

This mysterious lizard had hooked, snake-like teeth for hunting down prey 167 million years ago, a new study has found.

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