This tiny amphibian that outlived the dinosaurs provides the earliest example of a rapid-fire tongue
- Written by Joseph Bevitt, Senior Instrument Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Albanerpetontids, or “albies” for short, are the cute little salamander-like amphibians you’ve likely never heard of.
Now extinct, Albies had a dream run. They’d been around since the Middle Jurassic around 165 million years ago, and probably even earlier. They lived through the age of dinosaurs (and saw out their...





