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New #fossil snake species provides insight into reptile social behavior and development
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-fossil-snake-species-insight-reptile.htmlMorphology and systematics of a new fossil #snake from the early #Rupelian (#Oligocene) White River Formation, #Wyoming https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae073/7696309
"The specimens were preserved in a cluster within a hibernaculum, a space where #animals shelter together during colder months. Their position represents social behavior in #snakes, which is something that we don't often see"