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PARIS — A finger-sized fossil from 308 million years ago unearthed in the United States gives tantalising clues to the habits of tiny dinosaur-like creatures that may be the forerunners of reptiles, researchers recently revealed. The new species is a microsaur — small, lizard-like animals that roamed the Earth well before proper dinosaurs made their appearance.The find sheds

Story highlights Microsaurs lived during the Carboniferous period, when the forebears of modern mammals and reptiles, called amniotes, first appeared Paleontologists have discovered a new species:  a microsaur from a finger-sized fossil from  308 million years ago unearthed in the United States. Researchers have revealed that the discovery gives tantalising clues to the habits of tiny dinosaur-like creatures that may be the forerunners of reptiles. Microsaur, a small, lizard-like animals...

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