Discovered in the south-west of the abandoned Messel Pit quarry, this extremely special and rare fossil is one of two fossils that store up to three prehistoric animals in one artifact.
" This may be the last fossil that I could find throughout my life and probably won't have a chance to see it again, it's really rare . " Biological archaeologist Krister Smith from Senckenberg Institute (Germany) said.
His team believes that the ancient lizard had eaten this small insect two days before being swallowed by the snake. The cause of the snake's death is thought to be due to the volcanic gas of the volcano.
This is an important archaeological evidence, helping researchers better understand the complex food chain of ancient times .
The position of the lizard and small insects inside the belly is solid.
In 2008, another 250 million-year-old "3 in 1" fossil was discovered by an Australian researcher: a shark eating an amphibian, in the belly of this amphibian is a fish. other small .
This is an important archaeological evidence, helping researchers better understand the complex food chain of ancient times.
The study is published on Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments.
according to the study, this fossil footprint dates back to the permian period (from 248 to 290 million years ago), far away from the time when humans and birds appeared on earth.
amateur archaeologists unearthed an ancient roman mosaic dating back to 1,600 years in the uk, which is said to be one of the most spectacular discoveries of the nation in 50 years.