A fossil of a tadpole, estimated to have lived approximately 161 million years ago, has been discovered. This is the oldest tadpole fossil ever reported. The tadpole is estimated to have reached a ...

Tadpoles have been wriggling in the world’s ponds for at least 161 million years. A newly detailed fossil finding pushes the record for earliest known tadpoles back an additional 30 million years, ...

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Nitya Mohanty received funding for this work from the Center for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University and the Rufford foundation. The Indian bullfrog, which is ...