At 99 million years old, this baby snake fossil is the first of its kind to be discovered

Palaeontologists have found a tiny fossilized baby snake, the first of its kind to be discovered.

The snake embryo, sitting within a chunk of amber from Myanmar, was preserved in the early Late Cretaceous period approximately 99 million years ago, according to research published in Science Advances on Wednesday.

It’s a new species that’s been named Xiaophis myanmarensis by the 11 authors, the first Mesozoic snake to be found in a forested environment, which the study’s authors believe indicates a greater ecological diversity in early snakes than previously thought. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | At 99 million years old, this baby snake fossil is the first of its kind to be discovered