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Fossil reptile discovery 'something extraordinary'

A newly discovered 250-million-year-old fossil reptile from Brazil gives an "extraordinary" insight into life just before the dinosaurs appeared.
At the past, a lot of species were extinct. This reptile, named Teyujagua is the first reptile ever, it gave rise at dinosaurs, crocodiles and birds.
The scientists say this fossil is so beautiful and fills an evolutionary gap. This animal has not been previously known.
Teyujagua paradoxa was a small crocodile what probably lived at the side of lakes. This ancient reptile lived just after a mass extintion event 252 million years ago.
Scientists were so excited because this new animal discovered gives new information from the past and dinosaurs. They say this fossil is different from other from the same era.
Its anatomy is somewhere between that of more primitive reptiles and the archosauriforms, which include all dinosaurs and pterosaurs (flying reptiles), along with modern day birds and crocodiles.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35783598

Features: característiques.
Skull: crani.
Ancient: antic.