For 135 years, there’s been just a single species belonging to this group. Now, a second has been discovered in western Queensland.
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Researchers have found an armoured fossil skink 1,000 times heavier than the ones in your garden. Its closest living relative is the shingleback lizard.
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Senior Research Scientist, South Australian Museum; Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Anatomy, Murdoch University
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Departmental Visitor, Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, Australian National University