Two-headed choristodere fossil

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

Two-headed lizard spied in a fossil
20 December 2006, NewScientist.com news service 


A remarkably well-preserved fossil of a two-headed reptile has been 
discovered in the Early Cretaceous Yixian rock formation in northeast China. 

The tiny skeleton of a hatchling choristodere â a group of extinct aquatic 
reptiles with long necks â has two heads and two necks, fused at their 
base. The 120-million-year-old specimen is thought to be the oldest example 
of a developmental anomaly known as axial bifurcation... 

Read more at:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10827-twoheaded-lizard-spied-in-a-foss 
il.html 

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Dann Pigdon
GIS / Archaeologist         http://www.geocities.com/dannsdinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia        http://heretichides.soffiles.com
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