CAIRO — With the participation of an international team of researchers, an Egyptian research team at the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) has recently discovered the oldest fossil of the ancestors of the Egyptian cobra snake, as well as the largest ever legless lizard, both dating back 37 million years.
Mansoura University stated in a Facebook statement that the discovery also included new specimens of the reninotite snake. It noted that the discovery was published Feb. 16 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (JVP), which specializes in vertebrate fossils.
