South Gloucestershire
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| Area | 4969 |
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| Population | 279,027 (2017) |
| Government body | South Gloucestershire Council |
| Points of interest | Dyrham Park |
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| ID | 1077814 |
About South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is an extraordinary unitary authority area in South West England. It comprises multiple suburban areas to the north and east of Bristol as well as a large rural hinterland. South Gloucestershire was created in 1996 from the northern section of the county of Avon, which was abolished at that time.
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Bristol: Fossil shows lizards millions of years older than thought
A new discovery suggests lizards have existed for 35 million years longer than previously thought.
The University of Bristol took CT scans of fossilised remains of a reptile that sat in a Natural History Museum storage cupboard for decades.
They show The Unknown reptile to be closely related to modern-day lizards.
Dr David Whiteside, who led the research, said The Fossil was " likely to become one of The Most important found in The Last few decades".
It was thought lizards originated from the later Middle Jurassic period but the new findings show they lived in the Late Triassic period (237-201 million years ago).
Sharp teethThe Fossil impacts all estimates of The Origin of lizards and snakes, together called the Squamata, and affects assumptions about their rates of evolution.
It was found in storage in A Collection from the 1950s, including specimens from a quarry near Tortworth in South Gloucestershire .
The Team has named its discovery Cryptovaranoides microlanius, meaning 'small butcher', in reference to its jaws, which are filled with sharp-edged slicing teeth.
Dr Whiteside, from Bristol's School of Earth Sciences, first spotted the specimen in a cupboard full of Clevosaurus fossils.
He explained: " This Was a common enough fossil reptile, a close relative of the New Zealand tuatara that is the only survivor of The Group the Rhynchocephalia, that split from the squamates over 240 million years ago. "
" As we continued to investigate the specimen, we became more and more convinced that it was actually more closely related to modern day lizards than The Tuatara group. "
The university team made X-rays of The Fossil , allowing them to reconstruct it in three dimensions and see The Tiny bones hidden inside The Rock .
They said Cryptovaranoides was clearly a squamate because it differed from the Rhynchocephalia in several key areas, including the braincase, in The Neck vertebrae and in the shoulder area.
Dr Whiteside concluded: " This is a very special fossil and likely to become one of The Most important found in The Last few decades. "
Source of news: bbc.com
