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A 245 Million-Year-Old Marine Reptile Preserved Stomach, Liver and Intestines and Revealed an Anatomy Almost Never Seen in Such Ancient Fossils.

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A fossil found in China surprised paleontologists by preserving structures that normally disappear during decomposition. The marine reptile Austronaga minute, about 245 million years old, preserved traces of the stomach, liver and intestines. The discovery represents the oldest known record of a widely preserved digestive system in reptiles and reveals how these animals...
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A fossil found in China surprised paleontologists by preserving structures that normally disappear during decomposition. The marine reptile Austronaga minute, about 245 million years old, preserved traces of the stomach, liver and intestines. The discovery represents the oldest known record of a widely preserved digestive system in reptiles and reveals how these animals...

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O Antagonista broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
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