A newly discovered 83-million-year-old crocodile lizard fossil in France rewrites the history of pan-shinisaur lizards in Europe and links to a critically endangered modern species. A remarkable fossil discovery in southern France has unveiled a previously unknown species of crocodile lizard, pushing the history of this lineage in Europe back by 30 million years. Documented in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, the find she... [4226 chars]