Fossil reptile discovery 'something extraordinary'

A newly discovered 250-million-year-old fossil reptile from Brazil gives an "extraordinary" insight into life just before the dinosaurs appeared.
At the time, the world was recovering from a massive extinction that wiped out most living species.
The reptile, named Teyujagua or "fierce lizard", is the close relative of a group that gave rise to dinosaurs, crocodiles and birds.
The fossil is "beautiful" and fills an evolutionary gap, say scientists.
Dr Richard Butler from the University of Birmingham said the animal is a new species that has not been previously known.
"It's very close to the ancestry of a very important group of reptiles called archosauriforms," the co-researcher on the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, told BBC News.
"It helps us understand how that group evolved."

'Beautiful skull'

Teyujagua paradoxa was a small crocodile-like animal that probably lived at the side of lakes, feeding on fish.=read more on bbc link=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35783598