Mystery Bones Found in Japan Belong to a Giant Salamander Unlike Any Known
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Three fossilized vertebrae discovered in Japan between 1995 and 1997 have been identified as belonging to a previously unknown giant salamander species, Limnospondylus ajimuensis, that lived 3.5 million years ago and reached approximately 1.1 meters long. The discovery required creating an entirely new genus within the Cryptobranchidae family, filling a major gap in salamander evolution spanning more than 20 million years.
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