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Fossil claw marks show reptiles arose far earlier than thought (nature.com)
2 points by gnabgib 8 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment





A subtle point here: this appears to be about when the lineage leading to amniotes diverged from amphibians. It doesn't mean that, at the time of these fossils, these organisms were as yet amniotes, in the sense of having all the characteristics of that clade.



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