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Two-headed Reptile Fossil Found in China

Posted by samzenpus on from the better-than-one dept.

[TheBORG] writes "A tiny skeleton from the Early Cretaceous shows an embryonic or newborn reptile with two heads and two necks, called axial bifurcation ('two-headedness') (a well-known developmental flaw among reptile species today such as turtles and snakes) was found in China by French and Chinese paleontologists recovered from the Yixian Formation, which is nearly 150 million years old."

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  1. Latin name? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know what Latin name they're going to give this two-headed creature, but it seems like they should try to squeeze "zaphod" in there somewhere.

  2. Two headed reptile fossil in China? by monoqlith · · Score: 5, Funny

    So that's where Karl Rove went!

  3. Obligatory by Sneakernets · · Score: 3, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our ancient dual-core overlords.

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  4. Re:The ass casts the deciding vote by ag0ny · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah, I'll leave it to his noodly appendage, god, yaweh (sp?) $DeityOfChoice
    -nB Sorry, but I'm busy today. Remind me about this tomorrow.
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  5. Re:The ass casts the deciding vote by networkBoy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Post-It is on your altar.
    thanks :-)

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