Breugnathair elgolensis — a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived during the Middle Jurassic, about 167 million years ago — displays a mosaic of anatomical traits that is not present in living groups, with head and body proportions similar to monitor lizards and snake-like features of the teeth and jaws, alongside primitive traits shared with early-diverging groups such as geckos. Life reconstruction of Breugnathair elgolensis. Image...
