23-Million-Year-Old Lizard Fossil Found In Mexico

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San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico – Mexican scientists are studying a complete fossil of a lizard that lived some 23 million years ago and whose soft tissue remains have been preserved in amber.

src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxkjghILh-83PxZj3TfDcM1S0D4nlbQvNjk-7C-T-ClVBsrLpSE85D5uWV-m1mYKeZs7FwA7wTPn2VAySuZrN4XKPEw-GDs_g0krLJbjMlkOvGwmlBkNXC4zG66_n-vppv4OsJxV_YTI/s320/23-Million-Year-Old+Lizard+Fossil+Found+In+Mexico.jpg" width="320">The small piece of fossil resin, which is in the shape of a trapezoid and entombs the skeleton, was found several months ago in the Simojovel amber deposits of the northern part of the southeastern state of Chiapas.

Source: Here