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Jess Thomson

Reptiles evolved earlier than we thought, newly discovered claw-mark fossils suggest

A researcher compares fossil footprints to a modern iguana foot.

Reptiles as we know them today may have evolved about 30 million years earlier than we initially assumed, new footprints reveal.

According to a study published Wednesday (May 14) in the journal Nature, fossilized tracks found in Australia may have been left by the clawed feet of a small reptile-like creature about 350 million years ago, during the Carboniferous period.

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