Bizarre Amphibian Had Chameleonlike Tongue (VIDEO)

Florida Museum of Natural History

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The long bone jutting from this fossil albanerptetontid skull anchored a rapid-fire tongue that could be contracted and launched with a slingshot effect. These fossils provide the oldest evidence of this feature, more commonly known in chameleons.

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