16 days ago · Scotland
Fossil long known as world's oldest reptile dethroned

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Scotland. The first report grouped here was at 30 Sept 2026, 21:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Fossil long known as world's oldest reptile dethroned”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
For nearly 30 years, a small fossil from Scotland has been celebrated as one of the earliest known reptiles. A new study out today in Nature and led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Oxford, in collaboration with the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility…
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