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Scientists described the fossilized skull of Kermitops gratus, a creature that lived in what is now Texas about 270 million years ago, naming it after Kermit the Frog because of its resemblance to the iconic Muppet character.

Kermitops gratus was named after The Muppets’ Kermit the Frog and was an ancient ancestor of modern amphibians.

Scientists think that the animal, which lived 270 million years ago, likely "resembled a stout salamander."

Scientists think that the animal, which lived 270 million years ago, likely "resembled a stout salamander."

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Researchers discovered a 270-million-year-old fossil of a proto-amphibian and they named it as Kermit the Frog. Read more here.

The new finding pushes the first signs of tetrapod herbivory back millions of years

Two 308 million-year-old fossils show creatures caught in evolutionary limbo between two forms:lizard-like and snake-like. The animals sinuous, serpentine bodies have no front limbs, but sport two teeny lizard legs in the back.

Judging by snakes, the evolutionary solution of limblessness is a hit. Now a fossil found in Illinois delivers the earliest-­­­known reptile without legs, and hints that it might be an ancestral condition

A tiny snake-like animal that lived about 308 million years ago had evolved to lose its forelimbs