Scientists solve Australian chicken farmer’s fossil mystery

An artist's impression of Arenaerpeton supinatus, the ancestor of today's Chinese Giant Salamander. Credit: Jose Vitor Silva A mystery fossil accidentally unearthed by an Australian chicken farmer in the 1990s has finally been identified as a stout amphibian with tusks and "gnarly teeth", scientists said Wednesday. The 240 million-year-old fossil was discovered by Mihail Mihailidis as he washed down a massive…

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